Gov’t slams NGO over 2019 corruption report

24 January 2020
The Phnom Penh Post
Anti-corruption / Government
Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) / Transparency International (TI)

The government on Thursday slammed a report that described the Kingdom as highly corrupt. Government spokesperson Phay Siphan dismissed the latest Transparency International (TI) report as “just an advertisement of NGOs to promote their own interests”. Released on Thursday, the report puts Cambodia near the bottom of a list that ranks 180 countries according to their perceived corruption. This year, Cambodia ranked 162nd, dropping one place from last year’s ranking and coming just above Afghanistan and North Korea. …

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