Thursday, February 21, 2008

Police Viewed as Most Corrupt: Survey

Cambodia police chief: General Hok Lundy (Photo: AFP)

By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh
20 February 2008

"I would like to completely deny corruption in the police and judicial institutions ... But we recognize there are corrupt individuals in those institutions..." - Lt. Gen. Khieu Sopheak, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior
Cambodians view the police and judiciary as more corrupt than other government and non-government agencies, according to a survey released Wednesday.

In its annual corruption survey, Transparency International said more than half of Cambodian interactions with police and registry and permit services in 2007 resulted in bribes paid.

In four out of ten contacts with police or such services, bribes were requested, the group said.

Transparency International, via market research group TNS, surveyed 1,016 Cambodian adults in face-to-face interviews in five cities and provinces: Battambang, Kampong Cham, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville.

"Corruption is considered a serious problem by the Cambodians," a Transparency International statement said. "Four in ten respondents believe that the level of corruption will rise in the coming years. The fear is strongest in rural and remote areas and among low income groups."

"I would like to completely deny corruption in the police and judicial institutions," said Lt. Gen. Khieu Sopheak, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior. "But we recognize there are corrupt individuals in those institutions, and we have punished corrupt individuals with both administrative and legal measures."

Cambodia loses an estimated $500 million per year to its national budget due to corruption, but the government has yet to pass a much-awaited anti-corruption law.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Heng Pov knew all this guy dirty jobs. You name them, there are a ton. This guy killed Ho Sok, now Ho Sok is haunting him. What goes around is coming around now.

Anonymous said...

Congratulation Transparency International! Job well done and keep up the good work.

However, I must stress that Not entire judicial and institution are corrupted. There are certain individual who are good guy.

If we look at the headline in Japan now where is a rotten army office [army base in Okinawa] raped a 15 years old Japanese girl [2nd case in decade] we can't say that all army officer there are the same bunch, isn't it? and USA would not accept that their arm force are all rotten either, I believed.

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Ah chkai Vietcong Hok Lundy sooner will go to Hell! he continues killing more Khmers mchas srok and robs their lands to give to his Vietcong people who illegally crossing into Cambodia.

Anonymous said...

very good three star general to make this kind of comment," Police Institution not corrupted but the individual is ". The institution is not a human that can ask people money (they are not living thing). The officials/officers themselves in the institution, who have mouths and hands to demand money. And that make people to view the police institution is corrupted. You now understand or you can deny.

Anonymous said...

Of course the police are the most corrupt, THEY ARE YUON!!

Anonymous said...

WHAT???????

"I would like to completely deny corruption in the police and judicial institutions," said Lt. Gen. Khieu Sopheak, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior. "But we recognize there are corrupt individuals in those institutions, and we have punished corrupt individuals with both administrative and legal measures."

Gen. Khieu Sopheak, IF YOU SAY THESE LINES TO THE BEAST, THEY MAY BELIEVE YOU.......

SO, THIS IS NOT CALLED CORRUPTION?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT CORRUPTION MEANS?

IF YOU DON'T KNOW, TAKE OFF YOUR TITTLE AS Lt.General.

POEPLE HAVE BRIAN AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS EVERY DAY. THEY DON'T BELIEVE YOUR PRETEXT.

BULLSHIT!!!

Anonymous said...

Laundry man is ugly. Pig!oink!oink!

Anonymous said...

Dov ma do ma mey! Choy oey dee Hanoi!

Anonymous said...

The corruption in Cambodia is not an individual act or indtitutional one but it is a state SYSTEMLY corruption!

1- How can you are not corrupted if your salary is lees than survival requirement? amount of monee need to eat, and you get no punishement but prey by your supperior ( the primister itself) if you can make extra money and own a expensive car and properties!

2-Corrupters never get punish but advance in range by briding their suppervisors. The system encourage people to be corrupted and thank their superior the priminister (it)self for the oppotunity to be corrupted!

Hun Xen goverment is destroying all the proper culture that Cambodia have left to stand to be a nation and humanbeing!

Please help us reforme the justice and the police forces so we can rebuild uorselve as a democracy free man!


Victime of the killing field and the today degrated human!

Anonymous said...

Yis ! Mouk ah nis doch chrouk Haïnan thearng ach ! Il mange trop de DOLLARS jusqu'à devenir un GROS COCHON.

Si Ah chrouk Haïnan travaillait comme il mangeait, notre Cambodge deviendrait certainement riche comme nos pays voisins.

Khmer

Anonymous said...

THEY SOLD POLICE DEPARTMENT AT BEACH FRONT, KgSom, TO PRIVATE OWNER. YOU HAVE NO MORE CHANCE TO SEE GOOD BEACH.

SOK KONG WILL MAKE FENCE FOR THE BEACH TOO.

WHO THE HELL ARE WE? WHERE IS OUR BEACH WHICH BELONG TO THE STATE?