Transparency NGOs Call for CPP to End Parking Corruption

29 November 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Anti-corruption / Civil society / Government / Government services / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Markets / Social development
Affiliated Network for Social Accountability-Cambodia / CPP / Hun Sen / Khmer Institute for National Development and the Independent Democratic Union of Informal Economic Association / O'Russei market / Olympic Market / Phnom Penh / World Bank

A group of NGOs released a statement Thursday calling on the CPP government of Prime Minister Hun Sen to begin its program of promised post-election reforms by ending the practice of overcharging for motorcycle parking outside of local markets. The Affiliated Network for Social Accountability-Cambodia, a transparency-focused NGO supported by the World Bank, along with the Khmer Institute for National Development and the Independent Democratic Union of Informal Economic Association, called for the overcharging to stop. … The statement says that the price of market parking dictated by the departments of economy and finance is 300 riel, or about $0.08, but that most markets around the country charge patrons up to 1,000 riel, or about $0.25. …

 Ben Sokhean and Alex Willemyns
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