Associated Press
Some 100,000 government officials in Cambodia will be required to declare their assets this year in an effort to combat corruption, a senior official said Wednesday.
Under an anti-corruption law passed in March, any official found guilty of taking bribes could face up to 15 years in prison.
Cambodia, a poor country heavily dependent on foreign aid, is routinely listed by independent groups such as Transparency International as one of the most corrupt countries in Asia.
Om Yentieng, chairman of the government-appointed Anti-Corruption Unit, told reporters that it will require senior officials - including civil servants and police officials - to detail their assets by November.
Lawmakers and leaders of nongovernment organizations will be asked to declare their assets later, he said.
International donors have long pressed Cambodia to combat corruption.
In 2004, a study prepared for the U.S. Agency for International Development said that Cambodia lost an estimated $300 million to $500 million annually to various forms of corruption, although the government contests that graft is on such a large scale.
The anti-corruption law was first proposed 15 years ago but the government, unwilling to tackle the problem, dragged its feet on getting it passed. It remains to be seen if the asset declarations will be effective in monitoring officials. Government salaries are as low as $20 a month.
Under an anti-corruption law passed in March, any official found guilty of taking bribes could face up to 15 years in prison.
Cambodia, a poor country heavily dependent on foreign aid, is routinely listed by independent groups such as Transparency International as one of the most corrupt countries in Asia.
Om Yentieng, chairman of the government-appointed Anti-Corruption Unit, told reporters that it will require senior officials - including civil servants and police officials - to detail their assets by November.
Lawmakers and leaders of nongovernment organizations will be asked to declare their assets later, he said.
International donors have long pressed Cambodia to combat corruption.
In 2004, a study prepared for the U.S. Agency for International Development said that Cambodia lost an estimated $300 million to $500 million annually to various forms of corruption, although the government contests that graft is on such a large scale.
The anti-corruption law was first proposed 15 years ago but the government, unwilling to tackle the problem, dragged its feet on getting it passed. It remains to be seen if the asset declarations will be effective in monitoring officials. Government salaries are as low as $20 a month.
21 comments:
first time in khmer history! i like that reform!
this way they can't deny corruption like claimed by the international transparency group, you know! work out the math and you'll see the true color, etc...
CPP 200,000 - 100,000 = 100,000?
What's wrong with you idiots! Whatever they do is wrong with you. You blame them when they don't have anti corruption law, you blame them when they have the law, you blame them when they don't declare asset, and now you blame them for declaring asset, you don't even know what's wrong on yet, but you point finger like ignorant fools.
11:59PM! ARE YOU SO TUPID LIKE YOUR FATHER OR MOTHER?
DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THE IDIOT LAW REQUIRE? THEY DECLARE ASSET TO AH KWACK AND A GROUP OF CPP CROOK NOT TO THE PUBLIC!
WOULD AH KWACK CATCH HIS OWN DICK HEAD!???????
MOTHER FUCKERSAH KWACK HUN XEN AND FAMILY HAVE STOLE, KILLED ALOT OF PEOPLE AND THE WHOLE COUNTRY IF NOT WORLD KNOW ABOUT IT!
ATTENTION:
Every one should NOT be so happy as yet when a new law requires them to declare their assets.
Remember, the crooks and corruptions of Cambodia ALWAYS find ways around to hide their money and assets.
I hope you know what I am talking about.
shut up, i have a headache already!
ahahhahaha!
ahahhaha!
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.
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
"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."
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 detonate 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 Vietnam 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.
I am very please with Anti-corruption LAW! Let those corrupted people showing their face in big screen TV! Ek O'dumbass, Lok Chumtiev hen hoch!
Now it is time for children robbers to report to chief robbers how much they robbed from the poor since 1993.
Those official governor in every province throughout cambodia, they all must show all of their belonged, Land, Villa, Luxury car-Hammeer,Lexus, Rang Rover, Money, jewery, and all under pants from victory secret...
Moin Pong Leu Srov vea si srov hoeuy! men oy vea si yang mech?
Corruption with border patrol at Sompov Lun, Phnom Proeuk, Kom Reing, i urge authority take a close look at those corrupted officils there...especially the border patrol police officials!
Those border patrol police used to live in the shack, now they live in luxury villa the money they got from corruption...
why corruption? maybe we ought to focus on the lack of law to govern such bad behavior, really! so, we should ask, what cambodia lacking? a lot of law, for sure, and enforcement is another issue altogether. i think cambodia is in a critical moment in history right now, i mean a transitional period, so, it seemed like people are scrambling to get that piece of pie before it become strict and hard to do. i mean people look for opportunity to be wealthy for their future; that's how cambodian people think, don't you know! despsite all this chaos or seemed out of control situation, i think cmabodia is in the transitional period or process of transforming into a different environment, a better one, that is, in the near future. i believe so; that's why the country is going through what it is right now! i mean look around, there is now land issue, corruption issue, etc... people there are aware that real changes or reforms are coming inevitably to cambodia, so, they hustle the last minute to grap what they can before it becomes hard to do so in the near future. trust me, i know cambodia psyche and situation. and it's not all that bad like it looks. beneath all this chaos, in khmer, there is a beautiful creation taking take, like the churning of the sea of milk on the wall on angkor wat foretell. in cambodia, religious belief is very powerful and true to the believers, the khmer that is. and there is another saying too that the lily flower as khmer used to say is growing from the mud, and yet turn out to be one of the most beautiful flower on earth, and khmer people use the lily flower to honor our god. so, all is good, actually. good things are coming to cambodia sooner than later, i believe. everything happens for a good reason, changes and reforms, that is! god bless cambodia.
12:12am good comments!
Whatever they try to do, the corruption will stay there, just take a look at those police official's family, their son inlaw, nephew, close relatives to high ranking official commited crimes they still getting away from the LAW? the authority scared to touch them...this is one thing i hated a bout cambodia!!
Yep, these corrupted people they used money to shut up poor powerless victims these day...if their son rape your daughter, they will throw money in your face, take it and shut up! that's how they are in Srok Khmer today! still going on like this today? if they can bring these powerful family to justice just like Thailand or other country, i would be so happy with the new Anti-corruption LAW!
continue,
Otherwise the new Anti-corruption Law is usless!
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