Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Prime Minister Hun Sen criticized a report indicating that Cambodia lost about $20 million in revenue from imported beer. During a ceremony for the distribution of student diploma on Wednesday, Hun Sen called this report an exaggeration of the truth. Hun Sen said: “so each of the 14 million people must drink 12 liters (of beer) from young children, women, monks, if we count all 14 million people, each one must drink 12 liters. We recognize that beer is smuggled in, but it is limited, this limit (as reported) is way overrated. This type of study is a money-wasted study, and it cannot correct the activities of the Custom Department, nor can it correct any measures.” Hun Sen’s criticism does not seem to point to any organization in particular, however, the Economic Institute of Cambodia (EIC) recently reported that Cambodia lost about $22 million last year because of beer smuggling from abroad without paying tax, beer is mainly smuggled in from Singapore and Thailand.
3 comments:
Hmmm! I'm now just begun to understand why the remaining Pol Pol's cliques continued to deny that their regime killed millions..the quote from Nuen Chea was something like "...1.3 millions died under their regime were too much."
$20 millions is from 20 million cans ($1 per can) in one year or 55000 cans per day smuggled. 55000 cans consumed among 14 millions population per day is a fair number.
No, 20 millions USD is 6% of the
net value of the total beers
smuggling, and the total beers
smuggling is 30% of the domestic
beers. Try again, bro, and see
if it is possible for Khmer to
consumed that much beers annually.
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