Official denies allegations of embezzlement

The former director of the Preah Vihear provincial financial department has denied allegations that he embezzled an estimated $72,045 over the course of 2013, according to his defense posted on the Anti-Corruption Unit website Thursday. Meas Rathavuth, who was ordered into retirement on March 1, said that a complaint had been filed against him with the ACU in mid-March claiming he had demanded between one and three percent in kickbacks from each company that the province procured its supplies from. …

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