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Phnom Penh - The head of Phnom Penh's anti-drugs police team has been charged with illegal possession of drugs and taking bribes from arrested drug dealers, national media reported Monday. Lieutenant-Colonel Touch Muysor was suspended earlier this month after police found thousands of amphetamine tablets in his office.
A court prosecutor told the Cambodia Daily newspaper that Lt-Col Touch was formally charged over the weekend, but had been under suspicion since 2005.
The prosecutor said one charge relates to possession of drugs, while the other is for taking bribes to ensure that the cases of arrested dealers were shelved before even making it to court.
Lt-Col Touch is the second ranking officer in Cambodia's drugs force to be arrested this month. On October 2, Bun Pov, a lieutenant in the national anti-drugs police force, was arrested just one week into the job after police raided his home and found 18 kilograms of heroin and methamphetamine tablets.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation was involved in a series of arrests the same day which saw seven dealers apprehended. However police would not say whether any of the cases were linked.
Cambodia has long been seen as a regional transit point for drugs shipments.
A court prosecutor told the Cambodia Daily newspaper that Lt-Col Touch was formally charged over the weekend, but had been under suspicion since 2005.
The prosecutor said one charge relates to possession of drugs, while the other is for taking bribes to ensure that the cases of arrested dealers were shelved before even making it to court.
Lt-Col Touch is the second ranking officer in Cambodia's drugs force to be arrested this month. On October 2, Bun Pov, a lieutenant in the national anti-drugs police force, was arrested just one week into the job after police raided his home and found 18 kilograms of heroin and methamphetamine tablets.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation was involved in a series of arrests the same day which saw seven dealers apprehended. However police would not say whether any of the cases were linked.
Cambodia has long been seen as a regional transit point for drugs shipments.
8 comments:
This crooked police chief must spend life time in jail for corrupted, to teach other officials a lesson, i think authority should stripped off his property, because all of the money were stolen from illegal drugs, and he used these drugs money to built his luxury villa, bought new lexus, audi, Hummer for his son and daughter, cambodian authority must stripped off his property....
This crook should be sent Prey Sar Prison for life.
I totally agree with you man! all corruptions starting with high ranking officials, because they can do whatever they wanted, they supposed to catch illegally drugs smuggler, not stealing from it...?
Cambodia has alot of crooked, corrupted police, specially in high ranking and high drunkard officials, illegally logging still exist, RATANAK KIRI, MONDUL KIRI, MEMOT,KOMPONG CHAM, all of these high drunken officials making millions of dollars by illegally logging, illegally drugs smuggling no one dare to touch them! cambodian army too.....
Yep! i've seen their son, daughter driving nice luxury car in phnom penh these day, they kept stealing from the country, the low level can't dare to do this kind of thing? only the High ranking! because they have the power....
Before send him to Prey Sar, we must ask him who is his high boss and stand behind him?. I don't think he was send to Pey Sar because with this money he take for himmself only 1/7. The rest he must give his Boss because this post was sold for him. As you know, those officers are rich , those drive with luxery cars like Hummer H2 whereas their salary under 200 USD per mouth.
wOWE! OOP!$#%^*#%^*
thanks to the authority and FBI for curbing this power abuse and corruption. Penalty should be more harsh to those knowing the laws but abuse them.
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