Written by Sam Rith and Christoper Shay
The Phnom Penh Post
General Ke Kim Yan, former commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, was officially named Tuesday as head of the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) in a move that Prime Minister Hun Sen said signalled the government's renewed focus on eliminating Cambodia's drugs trade.
Hun Sen urged authorities from all levels at an announcement ceremony to crack down on drug distribution "immediately", saying that drug deals had too often been ignored.
"Even though the distribution and sale of drugs is on a small scale, it causes anarchy and insecurity in society," he said.
Son Chhay, a Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker, said Ke Kim Yan was stepping into a difficult job, but that his influence in the army could make him particularly effective at stamping out the cross-border drug trade.
He said drugs smuggling relied on the support of a few high-ranking army officials.
"He knows the officials under his command, and if there are any soldiers involved in the drug business, he can take measures to combat trafficking," Son Chhay said.
Anand Chaudhuri, head of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Cambodia, said that over the years the drugs authority had worked closely with UNODC and notched a number of successes, but that the drug trade remained a problem.
"[Drug trafficking] is an increasingly complex problem, but the drug police have been increasingly tracking and monitoring it," he said.
Between 2000 and 2009, the NACD arrested 3,531 people and collected 2,693,407 amphetamine pills, 105 kilograms of heroin and 14 tonnes of dried marijuana, according to the authority's data.
Graham Shaw, a technical adviser at the WHO, said drugs trafficking remains a critical issue.
"From a public health perspective, the law enforcement approach has failed everywhere else in the world. Why would it be any different in Cambodia?"
Hun Sen urged authorities from all levels at an announcement ceremony to crack down on drug distribution "immediately", saying that drug deals had too often been ignored.
"Even though the distribution and sale of drugs is on a small scale, it causes anarchy and insecurity in society," he said.
Son Chhay, a Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker, said Ke Kim Yan was stepping into a difficult job, but that his influence in the army could make him particularly effective at stamping out the cross-border drug trade.
He said drugs smuggling relied on the support of a few high-ranking army officials.
"He knows the officials under his command, and if there are any soldiers involved in the drug business, he can take measures to combat trafficking," Son Chhay said.
Anand Chaudhuri, head of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Cambodia, said that over the years the drugs authority had worked closely with UNODC and notched a number of successes, but that the drug trade remained a problem.
"[Drug trafficking] is an increasingly complex problem, but the drug police have been increasingly tracking and monitoring it," he said.
Between 2000 and 2009, the NACD arrested 3,531 people and collected 2,693,407 amphetamine pills, 105 kilograms of heroin and 14 tonnes of dried marijuana, according to the authority's data.
Graham Shaw, a technical adviser at the WHO, said drugs trafficking remains a critical issue.
"From a public health perspective, the law enforcement approach has failed everywhere else in the world. Why would it be any different in Cambodia?"
20 comments:
Hun SenVarman is acknowledgeably knew so damned well that his faithful bloodsucking parasites of high ranking officials are unearthly corrupted in order to imploringly keep their job last long, they must always be systematically corrupted, so they could bring more money to give Hun SenVarman and his CPP's party every time they have the meeting. Ironically speaking, one of them is no longer making money or giving money to the party, his high ranking stars will easily fall down from his shoulders.
Inside Hun SenVarman's PhD brain mentally and frightfully knows, without these faithful corruptor's dogs, he can not officially be PM!
10:47, AH KWACK IS OUT OF CONTROLE!
The system matic corruption is plant by the motherfucker ah Ho Chi Minh son of a bitch to destroy us as a nation and race!
Can price Shi hanouk see it?
sihanouk was and is still the most dumb human beings on earth.
11:29 PM
What a dumb fuck. Sihanouk will fuck you over and over again in the ass and you still won't even realize how big your gaping asshole is because you are that dumb.
Do not think I am your mother 1:37AM!
And you do not even look like Ranarith, porky face!
I just want to bring the awarness of destroying our nation with Dekcho shit doing a good job!
11:29PM is right!
Shihanouk had fuck our ass again and again and some fool still thing he a good king!
May the evil live in hell on eath!
op! I MEAN 1:37 AM IS RIGHT ABOUT SHIHANOUK FUCKING CAMBODIAN, NOW WE ARE DUMB AND HAVE BIG ASS FOR AH HUN XEN TO RAPPING US WITH NO COMPLAINE!
The people who comment above were
son of bitches, motherfuckers.
dont think so much, just help khmer to learn more and more, we will develop soon...
And please sytay away from youn PUSSIES ..
...But yummy!
Khmer lost land because of that yummy stuff.
(xihanook is the one)
Especially Ah Sdach Lmop te Kdet Srey Youn! Cambodia has Sdach thork tiep! Sdach Pleu like Sdach Sihanouk dumbass mother fucken midget....
Cambodia has Sdach Norodoom Sihen oss teuk dey....
Ah Sdach pleu jkourt!!
Shut the fuck up, Ah Chan and Ah Chen.
PPU
Listen up, all of you fuckers, particularly Puok Ah Jruok Jruok Cambodian-American'ts (Scum Rainsy Party supporters). You people should thank your former king; without him, all of your fuckers would not have had the opportunity to exchange your fucking useless and meaningless views here in this biased and partial forum site.
All of you are NOTHING but are bunch of fucking losers who were scared and consequently escaped to the third country, and when things settled in Cambodia--you made your way back. Now, all of you are fucking whinning.
PPU
To AH PPU
KI media did not invite you here.
Stop criticize this site and don't come back you piece of shit cock sucker Hun Sen Khmer Rouge supporter.
Why don't you go to CPP Hun Sen Khmer Rouge web site.
PPU so what are you going to do! We'r figting for real democracy! not the one khmer rouge and Shihanouk preach!
11:41 PM
From my ideological and philophical point of view,everyone may elect to exercise his/her own prerogatives. Sorry, I'm your nanny.
PPU
5:13 PM
Sorry to disappoint! I'm here to stay. If you don't like what I have to tell YOU, sue me.
PPU
this ppu person is like a rash on ur ass that never goes away.
lmao
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