Voice of America
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
09/05/2006
The Municipal Phnom Penh Court Tuesday investigates divorce verdict frauds, flasifying the court's divorce verdicts in order to get permission for marriages, and applying for visas for Cambodian citizens to live in the U.S. and Australia.
The U.S. and Australia Embassies have asked the court to check all documents, say the Phnom Penh Court high ranking officials.
This request is done after the two Embassies ask the court to check the documents and the divorce verdicts which look like a fraud.
Phnom Penh Municipal Court director Chiv Keng told VOA that if this court were to check the divorce verdicts in order to be free to remarry citizens of foreign countries, notably in America and Australia, then to apply for the US and Australia visas, most verdicts are fraud.
Phnom Penh Court prosecutor Uk Savudh says that those involved in the verdicts will be asked to clarify the matters starting from 05-11. He does not know whether this fraud involves court officials or government officials.
Former Phnom Penh court and current Udor Mean Chey court judge Yar Sokhan says that his signatures and the other judges' signatures on the controversial verdicts are falsified.
US Embassy spokesman Jeff Daigle declines comment, but says that the Embassy only wants the court to clarify about those verdicts.
Opposition Sam Rainsy party legislator Keo Remy says that those false signatures are due to corruptions which Cambodia should stop.
There are 80 controversial documents which the U.S. and Australia Embassies want to verify.
The U.S. and Australia Embassies have asked the court to check all documents, say the Phnom Penh Court high ranking officials.
This request is done after the two Embassies ask the court to check the documents and the divorce verdicts which look like a fraud.
Phnom Penh Municipal Court director Chiv Keng told VOA that if this court were to check the divorce verdicts in order to be free to remarry citizens of foreign countries, notably in America and Australia, then to apply for the US and Australia visas, most verdicts are fraud.
Phnom Penh Court prosecutor Uk Savudh says that those involved in the verdicts will be asked to clarify the matters starting from 05-11. He does not know whether this fraud involves court officials or government officials.
Former Phnom Penh court and current Udor Mean Chey court judge Yar Sokhan says that his signatures and the other judges' signatures on the controversial verdicts are falsified.
US Embassy spokesman Jeff Daigle declines comment, but says that the Embassy only wants the court to clarify about those verdicts.
Opposition Sam Rainsy party legislator Keo Remy says that those false signatures are due to corruptions which Cambodia should stop.
There are 80 controversial documents which the U.S. and Australia Embassies want to verify.
2 comments:
It is time that the foreign embassy, especially Australia to look deep into this corrupt practice. The abuse of the immigration system has occured many years and cost too much to genuine migration. Corruption is ridden right inside Australian Embassy manages by Cambodian staff under the very eyes of Australian Ambassador. The elite and powerful Cambodian's relative can come to Australia very easily while the poor has to pay more price to lodge the immigration form, secretly contacted from the Embassy staff to pay more money to get the process quicker, and so on. The one who plays by rule has less success to immigrate to Australia. The one who went through the corruption practice did not dare to say.
In addition to the above mentioned, Australian staffs are also involved in that corruption too. That is what people involved said. Just happy to see Aus Embassy making some noises now, since there were widely saying "Aus Embassy in Phnom Penh is the weakest-link among the others" in terms of major aspects.
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