Hun Sen speaks during a graduation ceremony Thursday at the National Institute of Education. (Photo by: Uy Nousereimony)PM vows to fight corruption
Friday, 04 June 2010
Cheang Sokha
The Phnom Penh Post
GOVERNMENT officials caught engaging in corrupt practices will be swiftly prosecuted under the Kingdom’s new Anticorruption Law, Prime Minister Hun Sen vowed Thursday.
Speaking at a graduation ceremony for students from the Royal School of Administration, the premier urged officials to stamp out corruption in all its forms, and called institutional graft “a dangerous disease”.
“I am optimistic that we still have the capacity to fight against this dangerous disease,” Hun Sen said. “Corruption will damage our institutions.”
But the premier also defended the Kingdom’s police, military and government institutions, saying that most officials do not engage in corruption.
“People who commit corruption, they do it secretly. But be aware that other people working with you will find some way to know about it,” he said.
Cambodia is regarded as one of the most corrupt nations in the region, according to Transparency International, which ranked the Kingdom 158th out of 180 countries in its 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Observers have questioned whether the Anticorruption Law, passed earlier this year, will give officials enough tools to effectively and thoroughly combat graft.
Yong Kim Eng, president of the People’s Centre for Development and Peace, said he is concerned the new law lacks safeguards to protect whistle-blowers. Particularly troubling, he said, is an article outlining punishments of up to six months in jail or 10 million riels (US$2,386) in fines for complaints that lead to “useless inquiry”.
“This makes it a problem for the public to report about corrupt people,” Yong Kim Eng said.
It also remains to be seen whether the new Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) will be able to ensure witness confidentiality, he said, or whether the unit will be sufficiently independent – both politically and financially, since it falls under the auspices of the Council of Ministers – to carry out investigations.
After the law was passed in March, ACU officials acknowledged that extensive training would be required for those tasked with fighting graft.
Deputy Director Chhay Savuth said Thursday that the body was still in the process of “forming an internal structure”.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY IRWIN LOY
Speaking at a graduation ceremony for students from the Royal School of Administration, the premier urged officials to stamp out corruption in all its forms, and called institutional graft “a dangerous disease”.
“I am optimistic that we still have the capacity to fight against this dangerous disease,” Hun Sen said. “Corruption will damage our institutions.”
But the premier also defended the Kingdom’s police, military and government institutions, saying that most officials do not engage in corruption.
“People who commit corruption, they do it secretly. But be aware that other people working with you will find some way to know about it,” he said.
Cambodia is regarded as one of the most corrupt nations in the region, according to Transparency International, which ranked the Kingdom 158th out of 180 countries in its 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Observers have questioned whether the Anticorruption Law, passed earlier this year, will give officials enough tools to effectively and thoroughly combat graft.
Yong Kim Eng, president of the People’s Centre for Development and Peace, said he is concerned the new law lacks safeguards to protect whistle-blowers. Particularly troubling, he said, is an article outlining punishments of up to six months in jail or 10 million riels (US$2,386) in fines for complaints that lead to “useless inquiry”.
“This makes it a problem for the public to report about corrupt people,” Yong Kim Eng said.
It also remains to be seen whether the new Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) will be able to ensure witness confidentiality, he said, or whether the unit will be sufficiently independent – both politically and financially, since it falls under the auspices of the Council of Ministers – to carry out investigations.
After the law was passed in March, ACU officials acknowledged that extensive training would be required for those tasked with fighting graft.
Deputy Director Chhay Savuth said Thursday that the body was still in the process of “forming an internal structure”.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY IRWIN LOY
36 comments:
This guy is good at luring kind-hearted foreign donors in giving away free loans/grant. Then, once it's in his and his cronies' hand, he won't listen to anyone. Really longing for a more educated and trusted leader for Cambodia!!! Please cambodia abroad, come back and start make changes in your beloved country!
Play with the sword, get hurt by the sword.
King of curruption, and puppet of hanoi, will get kill by hanoi.
Start from Bun Rany M. Prime minister, how much fuel tax should she pay to Government since the beginning of her company ?
With the same sale price, other country in the world pay $0.35 per liter of fuel to their government.
All doners are realy stupid by believing Ah Hun Zen's liar again and again.
SenVarman already insanely and unhumanly said, if the donors don't give money, he ain't a first person will die!
If SenVarman will simply allow the law of corruption to work, his work will be quickly lost!
THIS MOTHERFUCKER KWAK XEN IS THE TOP CORRUPTION OF ALL. PEOPLE HAS TO BE AN IDIOT TO BELIEVE A WORD OUT OF THIS MOTHERFUCKER MOUTH. PLEASE GET REAL......
Khmers wonder how soon this blind man starts to see that his administration has been the corrupt body.
The best way to get rid of corruption in Cambodia is to get rid of Hun Xen and all of his crinimal comrades first.
ah kwack is the leader of asystematic corruption in Cambodia!
THe Police and army are not corupted????????? If you find one of them is not corrupted may god help Hun Sen1 If ah kwack know and lie may evil take motherfucker blind stupid dog face to hell soon with ah Hok landy!!!!!
1) What kind of "free loans/grant"? Those free loan muss pay back near by the future. Who must pay back? All of Khmer blod must payback, but not his Hun's clan. That is clear economic message. No country around the Globe give something to you and don't wanted something back, even person to person.
2) How to fight gainst corruption in Cambodia because Hun Xen himselft is the most corruptor in the Globe and How his followers go on him?
economist
Look you dick sucking bitchh.. why dont you go sell your ass insteadd or your moms loose ass pussy.. go chock on your dads cock and balls... you faggit...
stop talking shit Ah Me Chor kbot Cheat!!!!!
those are corruption 1:36AM!
Don't sale your mother like ah Kwack! Hun Xhit!
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To 1:36 AM,
If you really Khmer and before you give the comment on this blog you must look back to the Khmer history from Champa and Khmer Krom, Youn have never allow the Khmer to lead the own contry. The top and Middle leaders are youn and the low leader are Youn and Khmer or Champa. Youn take your country not for 10, 20 years but from over 50- 300 years, that the Youn strategy. After you die, your children will have problem and also all Khmer.
ពួកអាក្បត់ជាតិ Youn Khmer Idiots Hun Sen អាសត្វថោកទាប!អាឆ្កែធ្វើខ្ញុំកញ្ជះ Youn បានលក់ក្បាលបំរើ នយោបាយ ក្បត់ជាតិរបស់ពួក អាឆ្កែខ្ញុំកញ្ជះ Youn ។
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime
Members:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Kek Iev
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
Committed:
Tortures
Brutality
Executions
Massacres
Mass Murder
Genocide
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Slavery
Force Labour
Overwork to Death
Human Abuses
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime
Members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
Committed:
Attempted Murders
Attempted Murder on Chea Vichea
Attempted Assassinations
Attempted Assassination on Sam Rainsy
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Assassinated over 80 members of Sam Rainsy Party.
"But as of today, over eighty members of my party have been assassinated. Countless others have been injured, arrested, jailed, or forced to go into hiding or into exile."
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
Executions
Executed over 100 members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered 3 Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered 10 Journalists
Murdered Khim Sambo
Murdered Khim Sambo's son
Murdered members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Murdered activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Murdered Innocent Men
Murdered Innocent Women
Murdered Innocent Children
Killed Innocent Khmer Peoples.
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Brutalities
Police Brutality Against Monks
Police Brutality Against Evictees
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Abuses
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Embezzlement
Treason
Border Encroachment, allow Vietnam to encroaching into Cambodia.
Signed away our territories to Vietnam; Koh Tral, almost half of our ocean territory oil field and others.
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation bomb on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.
Lightning strike many airplanes, but did not fall from the sky. Lightning strike out side of airplane and discharge electricity to ground.
Source: Lightning, Discovery Channel
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Removed Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country.
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Veitnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Use Dead people's names to vote for Cambodian People's Party.
Disqualified potential Sam Rainsy Party's voters.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Impunity
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Death in custody.
Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leaders of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.
Hey, you people don't let your patriotism blind you.
watch out!!! HSSSS, your mom's pussy ,hun sen will cut off for his crocodiles ,Man. hahahahh specially va kim hong's wife,whore nam hong's wife,phai si phan wife .
ah kwak Hun shit too dump.
Ah KWak Chit Doul Ngay Onsa Vea Houey+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
where Ah Chom Tach Kdach Tea,i dun see him react to my above comment.later Ah Aerng Oss Kdit Youn Bok ,Chom tach Kdit Tear Ah youn'sdog.[i mean kdor tich so tear]
anticppoversea[thmil]
Hun Xen should study from the western countries about how they lead and develope their countries.
Hun Xen, If i were you i would kill myself not to allow Youn take khmer land and sit on khmer's head like this.
If Hun Sen not ignorant and blind ,he wouldn't do that
To: 1:41 PM
Hun Sen never think as your idea.
Many people in Cambodia think that Hun Sen is the richest man in Cambodia. This may be true or false. There's probably no way to really find out the truth. What we do know, however, is that before the war he was not a rich man and his family were not particularly rich. Therefore, why is his family so rich now? Has he had another career that supplements the meager salary earned by politicians? Premiers in other countries typically have been lawyers, business men etc prior to being the elected leader: just look at Mr. Thaksin. Mr. Hun Sen has not done any of these things. So, I ask again, why is his family so rich? They have now bought into the failing construction projects in PP. Where has this money come from in such a poor country where the teachers of future generations are paid less than illiterate garment factory workers?
This is why the corruption law is a joke. We all know that corruption makes the government and all its officials stink. WE ALL KNOW THIS BUT ARE TOO SCARED TO TALK ABOUT IT IN PUBLIC. What's the point in reporting such hot-air filled bulls#$t? He must think Khmers are stupid or something.
6:12 PM You're comment is well written.
Huynh Senh thought we're low life knew nothing about his law (CPP). We all knew from day one about Corrupted People Party till present. Just ACT BLIND AND DUMB or else they kill us one by one.
Later or sooner he will be killed by his corrupted own staff. This is law of Buddha.
Later or sooner he will be killed by his corrupted own staff. This is law of Buddha.
SenVarman is a greatest actor who will say exactly whatever his master,Youn, has carefully wanted him to say in public, therefore he will be lived and stayed in power longer!
Puok ah refugees are worrying to much in something they cannot do about it. Don't worry about us, we can take care of ourselves.
Ahaeng puok eiy ah, ah 2:28 AM? Puok ah choy maraiy?
You got more time now after the begging session for this year is done? Get ready to beg again next year, boy.
The rhetoric about "rectangular strategy" has been repeated year after year exponentially, it should now be renamed the "metre-cube" or "cubic-meter" rectangular strategy to reflect the great efforts. It just happened that a bunch of lucky dogs sitting in a regional geo-politico hot spot...
2:28 AM
What a dumb azz Khmerican you are! You're the only one posting this scrap.
Khmer Refugee
I promise to get tough on corruption .Just like I promised on clear cut trees .
sincerely
hun xxen
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