Voice of America
Phnom Penh
21/06/2006
On Wednesday Prime Minister Hun Sen insisted the World Bank on providing secret witnesses who reported about the corruption to World Bank.
The request by the premier was made after the bank’s statement released on last Sunday refusing to provide more detailed information to protect the sources.
Commander-in-Chiefs of police, military, and military police guaranteed to protect the witnesses.
The premier said the bank tried to hide the witnesses because the bank accused the government without any evidence.
Bou Saroeun, the bank’s press officer said that the bank is not able to provide witness and that what the bank wanted to say was already stated in the statement released on Sunday. The bank would lease its further statement in the future.
Opposition party member Son Chhay voiced his opinions that the government’s response to the bank does not benefit anything, but worsen Cambodia’s reputation and that this evidence is enough for the government to carry out the investigation.
Sok Sam Oeun, CDP’s director suggested that the government conduct the investigation by itself when getting information about the corruption from the bank.
The request by the premier was made after the bank’s statement released on last Sunday refusing to provide more detailed information to protect the sources.
Commander-in-Chiefs of police, military, and military police guaranteed to protect the witnesses.
The premier said the bank tried to hide the witnesses because the bank accused the government without any evidence.
Bou Saroeun, the bank’s press officer said that the bank is not able to provide witness and that what the bank wanted to say was already stated in the statement released on Sunday. The bank would lease its further statement in the future.
Opposition party member Son Chhay voiced his opinions that the government’s response to the bank does not benefit anything, but worsen Cambodia’s reputation and that this evidence is enough for the government to carry out the investigation.
Sok Sam Oeun, CDP’s director suggested that the government conduct the investigation by itself when getting information about the corruption from the bank.
12 comments:
Most witnesses of Cambodian problem related to High level of corruption were usually being killed by poisons foods in Cambodia when they were being invited by the corrupted officials.
My God you make me scarry to visit Cambodia !!!!
Please don't reveal the names of the witnesses. The government is playing a trick with you and you'll get an empty promise from it.
Hun Sen does not want to restors Cambodia, just wants to keep for his last long power with his corrupted officials.
Tell bun rany to shoot hun sen again.
Nasty and ignorant Prime minister Hun Sen!!
The international community used to think AH HUN SEN only Cambodian people a hard time for the last 30 years! Now it is an eye open for the international community! The international community espcially the WORLD BANK don't even know how to handle AH HUN SEN and not only that AH HUN SEN gave them a hard time too! From now on, I don't any reason why the world community should support Cambodia as a country! It is time to cut Cambodia loose and turn Cambodia into a breeding ground for terrorist and only then the international community can do something about it! I have it up to my nose everytime I see AH HUN SEN and the international community arguing with each other and holding dirt poor Cambodian people hostage! Tell me who are the real terrorists here!
World Bank cuts more Cambodian projects, citing fraud
Last Updated Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:30:11 EDT
CBC News
Here is the appropriate response from the World Bank
The World Bank has cancelled another 13 contracts in Cambodia, expanding allegations of fraud and corruption in development projects.
The bank has now suspended a total of 43 contracts in the country, which was ravaged by years of rule by the Khmer Rouge, Vietnamese occupation and civil war.
The value of the contracts cancelled on Thursday is $11.9 million US, the bank said. It will demand repayment of money already spent once the amounts are calculated.
The bank has been looking into projects in Cambodia. Earlier in June, it said investigations over a year "have uncovered sufficient evidence to substantiate allegations of fraud and corruption" in certain contracts.
The Cambodian government has blamed the bank for hiring corrupt foreign consultants to administer the projects.
'If Cambodian officials are corrupt, then foreign consultants are even more corrupt because they are the decision-makers.'
-Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen"If Cambodian officials are corrupt, then foreign consultants are even more corrupt because they are the decision-makers," Prime Minister Hun Sen said last week.
The bank rejected the accusation.
Since 1992, shortly before the UN-sponsored election in 1993 that helped provide more stability, the World Bank has provided Cambodia with more than $645 million US in loans and grants as well as technical advice and trust funds.
The bank works to improve the education system, set up national parks, prevent diseases from spreading and raise the productivity of small farmers.
Come on ah hun sen!! How much your military leaders earn each moth in salary? They earned less than $50 a month but have spent more than $200 a day, where have they got all the rest monies to spent? This is Cambodia being led by your monster. If they don't steal, they will die. Even yourself, How much you earn in salary per month? US$3000 per month or US$4000 per month? How come your children can start airline company? Where the monies came from? Stolen?
If they don't steal, they will not die, alot of Cambodians leave honestly with less than 1% of Hun Sen legal salary and they survive.
the need the grand jury out side cambodia in order to protect the witnesses,, that mean to bring the witnesses outside the communist country befroe they get kill..eeyore
Hun Sen, your future will like Sadam Hussen or Marcos or Suhato if you still do bad think. How your popularity if you still protect the corruptors. CCP must think about Hun Sen's activities that it will affect to next election 2008.
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