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| Moek Dara in white shirt (front row) (Photo: CEN) |
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'The government has taken a hot measure, including the crackdown against high-ranking officials up to the rank of three-star general' - Hun Sen [KI-Media note: Four-star generals and above are above the law?]Phnom Penh - The former head of Cambodia's anti-drugs department who was arrested this month faces a life sentence after the government accused him of masterminding a drugs-selling ring from his office, local media reported Monday.
General Mok Dara was arrested shortly after a number of other senior officials were held on suspicion of corruption and drugs offences.
'They used the anti-drug department as a network for selling drugs,' Om Yentieng, the head of the government's Anti-Corruption Unit, told The Phnom Penh Post newspaper, accusing Mok Dara and a number of other officials currently facing trial.
'Under the new penal code, a person who sells drugs will be sentenced to life in prison,' Om Yentieng was quoted as saying.
He said Mok Dara was arrested after a recent case in which he confiscated 2 kilogrammes of heroin. Om Yentieng alleged that the drugs chief declared only 1 kilogramme to the court and kept the remainder at his office along with thousands of methamphetamine tablets.
Om Yentieng said investigations were continuing.
Prime Minister Hun Sen also weighed in on the issue, the newspaper reported, warning Saturday that drugs were 'a giant virus' that threatened to 'destroy society.'
'The government has taken a hot measure, including the crackdown against high-ranking officials up to the rank of three-star general,' Hun Sen said, adding that nobody was exempt from efforts to stem corruption.
Mok Dara was the secretary general of the National Authority for Combating Drugs.
A recent report by the agency said drugs-related arrests were up sharply in 2010 over the previous year with 536 people arrested in the first nine months of the year while about 470 people were arrested in all of 2009.
The latest Transparency International corruption perceptions index listed Cambodia as one of the most graft-ridden countries in the world.
Cambodia was ranked at position 154 out of 178 nations surveyed below Haiti and on a par with the Central African Republic and Guinea-Bissau.
7 comments:
លោកមឹកដារានេះ តើគាត់មិនដឹងទេឬថា គ្រឿងញៀន គឺជាវត្តុខុសច្បាប់ឬ ? គាត់ឆោតមែន ! មានមួយនគរ គេនាំគ្នាពុករលួយ តែគេមិនរកស៊ីជាមួយ ពុករលួយជាមួយអាគ្រឿងញៀនហ្នឹងទេ ។ ពីព្រោះអាគ្រឿងញៀននេះ វាធ្វើអោយមនុស្សសេពគ្រឿងញៀន
ឡប់សតិ ខូចសុខភាព ជាដើម ។
បើលោករកស៊ីពុករលួយ ជាមួយអ្វីៗផ្សេងទៀត
ប្រហែលជាមានទោសស្រាលជាង រឿងលក់អាភៀន ៕
The arrest will clear the way for Hun Sen's son to become a three stars general. Therefore, he can control the drug market and there will be no one dare to arrest his son.
Mr Moek Dara he give money not to much to mr om yentieng if more money me be om yentieng he closed him eyes
Ha Ha Ha I hope he suffers in prison that uneducated, lying, creepy, freak of nature. Neak Yuthea I hope you are next! You all deserve this, you are hateful, foolish, selfish, self-centered, corrupt, power hungry, cold blooded snakes.
This asshole started corruption since he was a police chief in Battambang province, the bastard owned alot of Fat-condo all around phsar nat area, he took them all back in 1990, i can't believed he still not FULL yet? Well, you deserved to be in jail the rest of fucken life, because robbed and stold from your country Asshole!! I hope authority strip down all his belonged...that he has stold from the country's properties!
correction=Flat-house, Condos
Om Yientieng must continue to investigate thru all police departmnet and government high ranking officials, this is including all of them throughout cambodia, i bet alot of them were corrupted for so long, especially in Police Dept. and Govts sector...These people paid money, in order to get jobs position, so they can make money from corruption...
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