Official Arrested Over Abuse of Land Program

12 July 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Land
Council of Ministers / detained officials / Hun Sen / incitement / land-titling program / Loy Sophat / Meas Sokhon / Or Borin / Police / Prime Minister Hun Sen / provincial governor / Stung Treng Province

Police in Stung Treng province on Tuesday arrested a Council of Ministers official and her husband for trying to cheat a land-titling program Prime Minister Hun Sen announced last month, according to local officials. It marks the second time this week that authorities arrested or detained officials on suspicion of abusing the plan since Mr. Hun Sen announced it in mid-June. Provincial military police commander Or Borin said that Meas Sokhon, who works for the Council of Ministers’ legal affairs office, and her husband, were arrested Tuesday for “incitement” on orders from provincial Governor Loy Sophat. “We arrested them on the provincial governor’s order [on Tuesday]. Now they are in our station,” he said. “First, we arrested 13 people, including the couple, but we released 11 so they could go home. Now, only the couple is being questioned because they incited.” …