Hun Sen: The autocratic leader of one of the top 10 most corrupt countries in the worldThe Most Corrupt Countries
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
By Jack Gage
Forbes.com
"Corruption is a major cause of many human rights abuses" - Irene Khan, secretary general of Amnesty InternationalCorruption is on the march. In 2008, the number of countries sinking deeper into the clutches of influence peddling, bribery and scandalous business dealings outpaced improvements by a 2 to 1 margin. Countries falling by more than 10 spots outnumbered risers 8.5 to 1.
Chad leads the way down in this year's report. With a heavy reliance on foreign assistance (mostly for oil exploration and development), the Sudanese neighbor gets black marks for corruption in the ranks of government officials--not surprising given its military dictatorship has been in place for 19 years.
No. 2? The Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan, where president Kurmanbek Bakiyev faces mounting opposition brought to a fevered pitch by recent allegations that his administration organized the assassination of a former administration official. Others in the top 10 include Azerbaijan, Venezuela, Cambodia and Ecuador.
In terms of economic impact, the debilitating affect of corruption is tangible: More than 5% of global gross domestic product, or $2.6 trillion, was smuggled, used for bribes or stolen from taxpayers in the past year, says the World Bank in a recent report. For honest companies, moving from a low corruption climate to one where corporate and government misdeeds are more prevalent can represent as much as a 20% additional tax on top of the normal costs of doing business.
Socioeconomic risk experts at the Eurasia Group also warn of corruption's corrosive effect on foreign investment. Especially in times of sluggish economic activity--and in many developed nations, recession--the added drag of distrust on the part of investors and business owners can take a mighty toll.
"Corruption is the single greatest obstacle to economic and social development," says Fluor Corp. CEO Alan L. Boeckmann in the report.
Nations with the highest risk of corruption are often the desperately poor, where foreign aid and assistance can easily be transferred through back channels of oppressive regimes. As a result, the impact of corruption can extend well beyond any economic detraction to affect the quality of life for millions of citizens.
"Corruption is a major cause of many human rights abuses," says Irene Khan, secretary general of Amnesty International, in a December 2008 report by watchdog Transparency International.
One example Khan cites is Zimbabwe, the poorest nation in the world at just $200 of GDP per capita. The African nation fell 13 places among the 127 countries in our ranking, according to TI's perceived levels of corruption. Recent reports accused president Robert Mugabe of stealing over $7 million in foreign aid meant for the distribution of medicine to combat, among other diseases, widespread malaria in the region. Instead, Mugabe allegedly used the payments to fund political activities.
Even in developed nations, corruption can often occur in the procurement of government projects--and within established corporations. Italy fell 12 spots in the corruption category after its government passed legislation granting top officials immunity from prosecution while in office. Perhaps not coincidentally, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had been involved in an ongoing investigation regarding the payment of more than $500,000 from undisclosed funds to the husband of an Olympic minister in the U.K.
Japan and Canada were also cited in a 2008 report by Transparency International as having sub-par enforcement standards vis-à-vis accepted G7 guidelines for bribes from foreign businesses. TI could find only one case in each country pursued by local authorities, compared with more than 40 investigations in Germany, 19 in France and 16 in Switzerland.
Industries can also be particularly prone to corruption, with greater levels of bureaucracy often increasing the likelihood of misuse. TI contends that public construction projects, water sanitation, oil and gas development and defense contracting most often show a proclivity for abuse of public and investor funds.
21 comments:
I still don't understand those officials at Pochentong airport, they kept asking for money $10. for drinking coffee? i'm sick of these officials, they playing with your passport and keep mumble asking for money! all them white folks behind me just shooks their head...unbelievable!! what kind of govt is this?
These fucking officials is not poor, they lived luxury life, nice villa-condo driving nice car, they are greedy that's all! asking more money to buy more diamond for their bitch! they are making the country looks bad infront of those tourists people!
Nice! Cambodia...in the Top 10 for corruption and in the Top 5 for probable major social unrest.
Hun Sen, you must be proud! Lets pop open the champagne bottles! In your face Kenya!!!
*being sarcastic
What they doing is cheap and low by begging money from people(tourists) that's what i hate about going there...yep, $10 for drinking coffee is a fucken joke!
Govt of cambodia is full of corruptions officials!
What they try to do is begging money to pay whorever give them this positions(jobs) this is how curruptions they are, no schooling or training, just paid the money to get a jobs-positions they wanted!
Hun Sen = The Cambodian Robert Mugabe
Anyway, I hate some of the officials at Pochentong Intl Airport. There was one incident in which one of the officials working at the airport kept toying around with our passports, requesting that we pay up on certain processing fees without fully explaining to us what those fees are for. He just says, "Older brother, don't give yourself a headache in understanding it. Everyone pays this." while his coworker just sat there playing with his Playstation Portable.
Thanks to fuken hanoi backing CPP regime.
He (Hun Xen) get all the evil PhD!!!!!!
. . .and Cambodia of the blind mad dog Hun Sen is the 1st of the 10 corrupted countries.
If one wants to cuss, cuss the monkey in this picture; he's the one who builds and allows it it to bloom.
this is another bias report? didn't a lot of things have been improved a lot since 10 years ago?
The government need to do better to bust all of pouk Ah corrupted Scam Rainxy working at the airport.
But then again if this will deterred pouk Ah Scam Rainxy oversea from comming to Cambodia, it is not a bad idea not to do anything about it.
5:09 AM,
Idiot. You need overseas Cambodians and nationals from other countries to come into Cambodia. Many garment factories in Cambodia are closing its doors and tourism is currently in decline. You can't always expect ah Hun Sen to bring his rice bowl onto the international doorsteps begging for donor money. You need the money from these overseas Cambodians and foreign nationals to bring American dollars and euros and whatnot into the Cambodian economy. Otherwise most of the money that is in Cambodia right now will mainly be funneled into the pockets of the few Cambodian elites and into foreign companies that take the money right back out of Cambodia.
5:09AM! your whore mother is depending on oversea funds to help her ass! otherwise she still a whore the rest of her stinky bitch life, dumbshit!
បងប្អូនកូនខ្មែរចាំឲ្យច្បាស់-រូបលើក្រដាស់គឺស្ដេចចោរ-ស្ដេចនេះឡើងបុណ្យតាមជើងខោ-គឺជាតេជោចោរលួចជាតិ។ស្ដេចចោរមានកូនដល់ទៅប្រាំ-សោយរាជយូរឆ្នាំមិនព្រមឃ្លាត-លក់ខ្លួនលក់ដីប្រទេសជាតិ-អ្នកណាហ៊ានបៀតក្ស័យជីវ៉ា។ស្ដេចោរសម្លាប់តែរាស្ត្រខ្មែរ-អួតខ្លួនពូកែអាងវោហារ-ខំអោបជើងយួនពាក់ស្បែកខ្លា-ដល់ថ្ងៃអន្សាមួយមិនខាន៕សូមវត្ថុសាក់សិទ្ធិដែលថែរក្សាទឹកដីកម្ពុជាមកកំចាត់ចោរលួចជាតិនេះចេញពីស្រុកខ្មែរទៅ!!!!!
what i don't understand is if mr. hun sen is so bad or so evil, then why anyone in their right mind still vote for him to be a prime minister for the longest time? it is questionable, isn't it? kind of ironic, to say the least! perhaps, it's just political rhetoric or his political enemies out there who are just trying to ruin or sabotage his good reputation. i mean, common, he must've done something good for cambodia in the last decade or so for him to be able to stay in power this long? i mean, don't we all have to wonder a bit about this fact! i'm sure for the sake of cambodia, he'll resign or something if people would stop voting for him to be in office! but again, that's is probably not the case, meaning he's not that evil like some people would painted him to be or is he? is there anybody else out there who think that the majority of khmer people would vote for them if they run for office? so, it probably has a lot to do with his popularity and his good reputation. only god know the truth! god bless cambodia.
the way i see this is that this is the real cambodia, the independent cambodia nation and people who happened to like mr. hun sen and his administration, especially when compared to the brutal KR era. this is pale in comparison. i guess, only real, ordinary khmer people can understand the meaning behind this situation in cambodia. i wonder if those khmer leaders who happened to be chosen or pick by foreigners, whether the colonial western master or the asian which ever one, then the question that the majority of khmer people would ask would be, this is a real, independent cambodia. now the word independent is opened to interpretation, depends on the individuals making the interpretation e.g. self determination or self reliant, political or technological independent? i think what some people failed to understand is that the majority of real, ordinary khmer people are the one that voted for the leader of their choice without foreign appointed leaders. maybe the reason they failed to understand or grasp with the idea was perhaps they are too egotistical or too self-absorbed or too envious or too blinded or too greedy to see that it it the khmer people who voted and put him in office, not foreigner. why can't people take that with a grain of salt or accept that! it isn't hard to comprehend, you know! it is khmer people's business who they wanted to vote for so, what is the big fuss? after all, isn't voting in the election is the democratic way? who is putting a gun to your head to vote? it is by personal choice and liking; don't you think? get use to it; it's the khmer way! nothing wrong with that! thank you and god bless cambodia and all of our beautiful khmer people and citizens.
If you voted for CPP (Cambodian People's Party):
Also known as:
Communist Party of Kampuchea
Khmer Revolution Party
Khmer Rouge Party
Khmer Krorhorm Party - គណបក្សខ្មែរក្រហម
You're support the killing of 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples from 1975 to 1979 in Cambodia.
You're support the killing at least twelve innocent men, women and children on March 30, 1997 Grenade Attack in Cambodia.
You're support assassination of journalists in Cambodia.
You're support political assassination and killing in Cambodia.
You're support attempted assassination and murder of leader of the free trade union in Cambodia.
You're support corruptions in Cambodia.
You're support murder of Piseth Pilika (Hun Sen's affaire).
You're support Hun Sen Regime burn poor people's house down to the ground and leave them homeless.
Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin was a former Khmer Rouge commanders.
Now, Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin are Khmer Rouge leaders, since their leader (Pol Pot) is dead.
From 1975 to 1979, these Khmer Rouge commanders responsible for killing 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples in Cambodia.
From 1980 to present, these Khmer Rouge leaders responsible for killing innocent men, women and children on March 30, 1997, assassinated journalists, political assassination and killing, murder of Piseth Pilika (Hun Sen's affaire) and attempted assassinate and murder of leader of the free trade union in Cambodia.
When is the ECCC going to bring these three criminals to U.N. Khmer Rouge Tribunal?
Khmer Rouge Regime is a genocide organization.
Hun Sen Regime is a terrorist organization.
Hun Sen Bodyguards is a terrorist organization.
Hun Sen Death Squad is a terrorist organization.
Cambodian People's Party is a terrorist organization.
I have declare the current Cambodian government which is lead by the Cambodian People's Party as a terrorist organization.
Whoever associate with the current Cambodian government are associate with a terrorist organization.
Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Torture
Execution
Massacre
Atrocities
War Crimes
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Overwork to Death
Slavery
Rapes
Abuses
Assault and Battery
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Regime had committed:
Assassination
Murder
Killing
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Intimidation
Death Threat
Threatening
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Mass Evictions
Land Grabbing
Corruptions
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Acid Attacks
Injustice
Steal Votes
Violate the Constitution
These are the Trade Marks of Hun Sen's Khmer Rouge Regime.
Under Hun Sen Regime, no criminals that has been committed murder and all other crimes within Hun Sen's government ever been brought to justice.
Information change without notice as it become available.
Going through the comments, I feel that some/most commenters are extremely pessimistic and have extremely dark mind.
Expose yourselves, go challenge Hun Sen, by proper means. I don't believe that 90 seats the CPP got were resulting totally from stealing ballots, not at all. CPP may/must have stolen ballots but not those of the whole 90 seats, agree? And,... are you sure there is/are other people better than him? Sam Rainsy? Kem Sokha? Ranariddh? Nhek Bun Chhay (not the fucker/fool Keo Put Reak Smei or the sucker princess)?
Don't get me wrong; I voted for Sam Rainsy. I needed to see change. But I'm not too ultra. Be professional/gentle and stand in the middle, will you? ... Perhaps you won't.
1:59pm, it does sound much better as you realise the reality. I hardly disagree with you have said. I wish to have Hun Sen removed, and to have Sam Rainsy improving his party. But SR is unlikely to win over CPP, not a chance if he continues his current agenda.
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