Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Senior Cambodian prosecutor arrested by new anti-graft body

Nov 30, 2010
DPA

Phnom Penh - Officials from Cambodia's fledgling Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) have arrested a senior provincial prosecutor on unspecified charges, national media reported Tuesday.

It marks the first known arrest of a public official by the ACU, which was launched earlier this year to tackle pervasive corruption in public life.

The Cambodia Daily newspaper said Top Chan Sereyvuth, the senior prosecutor in Pursat province, was arrested early Monday.

ACU head Om Yentieng, who led the operation, refused to disclose the grounds on which the prosecutor was being held.



Top Chan Sereyvuth was last year named in media reports as being involved in a long-running land dispute case that was mysteriously moved to his court in Pursat from another province where he had previously worked as a judge.

The head of an organization that was contesting the land told media at the time that Top Chan Sereyvuth was to receive 2 hectares of land once the case was resolved.

Global graft monitor Transparency International ranks Cambodia among the world's most corrupt nations.

It took the government 15 years to promulgate an anti-corruption law, whose eventual passage followed years of pleading from donors who annually give hundreds of millions of dollars.

One recent survey found that Cambodians regard the judiciary as the most corrupt institution in the country.

12 comments:

NEW KHMER BILLIONAIRE........PP said...

HUN SEN AND BUN RUNY ARE GOOD SERVANTS. THEY KNOW HOW TO SERVE THEIR MASTER SO I FIFURE THEY CAN SERVE ME ALSO.

I WANT TO RENT THEM AS MY SERVANT ALSO, SINCE THEY CAN SERVE...

THEY CAN LIVE BEHIND MY HOUSE WITH THE DOGS AND OTHER SERVANTS AS WELL.

NEW KHMER BILLIONAIRE........PP

cpp.....anti-hunsenfamily......pp said...

ANTI graft body? The first one who needs to arrest is hunsen and his gangsters.... common Um yieng min tearng!.... You are the first one should be arrested!

But it is ok...go ahead arrest all of them for a good show to see if HunSen and Bunrunny are a Mai choa..also.

Khmer min kour na chon jem pour a chkay prey doch pooch a hunsen toll te sos.... pooch a hunsen pouch ey vea tove vey!...pourk a norouk khyom kay.

cpp.....anti-hunsenfamily......pp

Anonymous said...

Top Chan Sereyvuth is not CPP that is why the ACU arrested him.

Anonymous said...

its good to see that the anti-corruption law started working but, we have to wait and see what the punishemnt will be and who else will be arrested . i hope some of hun sen's cronies will be arrested too because alot of them own luxery cars , vilas , land and have millions of dollars in the bank even their salaries are less than a thousand dollars a month.
Khmer Ga

Anonymous said...

how about the driver,body guard , wife are they guilty?
This show the absolute power in Cambodia.

Anonymous said...

ពួកអាអស់នេះ។ ពិតជាមាត់ស៊ីក្តួយម៉ែវាមែន។ បើខ្លាំងឲ្យអាមេបក្សប្រឆាំងហ្អែងស្បថមើលរាល់ថ្ងៃវាមានលុយប៉ុន្មាន? វាមានផ្ទះប៉ុន្មាន? ឡានប៉ុន្មាន? រាល់ថ្ងៃវាអត់អង្គរក្ស? វានៅក្រៅស្រុករាប់ខែឆ្នាំ វាមានដែររអ៊ូរឿងអត់លុយចាយដែរទេ? បានអាលុយអស់ហ្នឹងមកពីណា? ម៉ែឪពួកអាប្រឆាំងហ្អែងទុកឲ្យតាំងពីពួកហ្អែងនៅក្នុងក្តួយម៉ែងហ្អែងហ្អេ? យី!!! ពួកអារន្ទះបាញ់អស់នេះ ធ្វើស្អីក៏មិនត្រូវចិត្តវាដែរ។ ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យពួកអានេះ ទាល់តែឲ្យវាធ្វើនាយករដ្ឋមន្រ្តី កុង្សីយ៍... បានវាហៅថាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យត្រឹមត្រូវ។

Anonymous said...

The guy must not has shared the profit with Hun Sen that is why he was arrested.

Anonymous said...

The next billionaire must be arrested. And who?

Anonymous said...

ម្តេចមិនចាប់ពួកអាក្បត់រង្សីយកមកកាត់ទោស
អារង្សីផង?ពីព្រោះអាបក្សនេះទុកមិនចំណេញ
មកលើប្រទេសកម្ពុជាទេមានតែឈឺក្បាលថែមទៀត។
រដ្ធាភិបាលត្រូវតែចាប់អាពួកនេះញាត់គុកឲ្យអស់
ថាតើមានអាមួយណាមកតវ៉ាទេ?បើចាប់ពួកវា
ខ្ញុំជួយរាយការថែមទៀតពីព្រោះខ្ញុំបានស្គាល់
អាពួកទាំងនេះក៏ច្រើនដែរ។

Anonymous said...

Please show fact that Chan Sereyvuth is not CCP!

Anonymous said...

ប្រយ័ត្នខ្លួនទៅ អស់លោកដែលមិនមែនជាសមាជិក បក្សប្រជាជននោះ។ មានកំហុសតែបន្តិច គឺចប់ហើយ។​​ ប៉ន្តែ ប្រសិនបើអ្នក ជាសមាជិក បក្សប្រជាជនវិញ គឺនៅតែជិះសេះលែងដៃដដែល។

Anonymous said...

Hun Sen killed innocent Khmer people more than Pol Pot.

Huns Sen and his Khmer Viet Minh like Heng Samrin, Chea Sim , Chan Si and their master yuon have killed Khmer more than Pol Pot.

Hun Sen is a tool of Indochina Federation.