Staff Protest Corruption at Telecom Cambodia

The director-general of Tele­com Cambodia, one of the country’s most highly regarded state-owned enterprises and a candidate for listing on the stock exchange, has left his post amid an investigation into corruption allegations, the minister of posts and telecommunications said on Thursday. … Despite the staff’s claims that Mr. Saroeun had been suspended over the allegations, Minister So Khun insisted he was only on sick leave. … Mr. Khun said he himself doubted the corruption allegations because the graft would have had to take place under the watch of the Finance Ministry, which oversees Telecom Cambodia’s finances. … Han Kyung-tae, managing director of Tong Yang Securities Plc., the broker handling Tele­com Cambodia’s bid to list, said the listing was delayed, but not for reasons relating to Thursday’s events. …

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