The Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Two senior Cambodian police officers were charged Friday with corruption, while a top anti-drug official has been detained for questioning, an anti-corruption official said.
A provincial police chief and his deputy were charged by the Banteay Meanchey provincial court, said Om Yentieng, head of the government's anti-corruption unit.
They were arrested several days ago by the anti-corruption unit on suspicion of taking bribes to release drug trafficking suspects, he said.
Om Yentieng also said the secretary-general of the National Authority for Combating Drugs has been detained on suspicion of activities related to drug trafficking and is being questioned.
Under Cambodia's first anti-corruption law, passed last year after more than a decade of delays, any official found guilty of taking bribes faces up to 15 years in prison. Cambodia, a poor country heavily dependent on foreign aid, is routinely listed by groups such as Transparency International as one of the most corrupt in Asia.
Om Yentieng said his agency found that the officers in Banteay Meanchey had received bribes from drug traffickers.
"After arresting the traffickers, they received the offenders' money for changing the confessions and the report," he said.
7 comments:
Now Om Yintieng is working to replace Kaing Kek Iev of Pol Pot regime.
In western democracy system, Anti-corruption unit cannot make arrest to any suspect at all.
They should make complain to the police and it is a job of the Police who can arrest any suspect. The anti-corruption unit job and position was to support their evidence of the corruption at the court. Each suspect needs to have their legal protection as well such as their lawyer.
I find the procedure of arrest made by anti-corruption unit is very funny and outrage.
We must have strong National Institution to protect public security.
In a country of rule of law, ONLY POLICE CAN ARREST SUSPECT AND EACH COMPLAIN MUST GO THROUGH THE SAME WAY BETWEEN PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY>
AREAK PREY
No need to have top PhDs analysts to see how many Army generals and high ranking officials in this Cambodian government corrupted and drug dealing involved. An elementary student from grade 4-5 can tell exactly. Simple and straightforward like counting 123...
This administration makes every Cambodian people can easily identify who is doing illegally with their respective position.
i'm glad to see the anti-corruption law is at work, slowly but surely. don't think you can hide! you can run, but you can't hide because sooner or later, the law will catch up with the bad people! cambodia, thanks to gov't reform-minded, will weed them out gradually! god bless cambodia.
នាក់ពុករលួយត្រូវតែចាប់ដាកគុគទាំងអស់ ៕ រួមទាំងនាយក់រដ្ធមុត្រីផងដែរ៕ អូ អូ អូ សុំទោស ខុសទេ លើកលែងតែ នាយក់រដ្ធមត្រីចេញ ៕ ល ៕ សុំទោស Again ok
Alot of government officials are corrupted. Start from Hun Sen all the way to local government officials. You can tell by just looking at their salaries and their assets.
Dear ARAK PREY,
I admire your comment. I am very sad because the chain of command is ignored in our motherland and the leaders have undisciplined mind.
As new generation, I strongly support you reporter. At any cost I always support your News Paper. I don't know why you agree to thump print in order to get camera back? Oh, maybe there is no law in cambodia as Rullest of Law State. Press Law is in Gov't Toilet now.
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