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Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
"Decreased corruption and strengthened law can help draw investors to a country."
The US ambassador to Asean met with other regional leaders in Phnom Penh on Tuesday, encouraging them to fight against corruption and strengthen the rule of law in their countries.
Ambassador David Carden addressed about 70 officials from 10 Asean countries as part of a seminar on legal information networks in the region.
Decreased corruption and strengthened law can help draw investors to a country, Carden said.
“If outside investment comes from outside of Asean, or within Asean, Cambodia has to protect those investors,” he said. In the US, he said, “we respect people who come in to invest in our country and create jobs for our citizens, and we will protect them in the court.”
Asean groups nearly half a billion people together under 10 countries, which are seeking great economic unification. But observers say some member countries are facing a challenging gap between the rich and poor, and that different countries have differing levels of legal structure.
Ang Vong Vathana, Cambodia’s justice minister, said Asean’s members are better cooperating legally, but they have not yet fully developed an integrated legal system.
3 comments:
yes, the US can help strengthen and encourage the good rule of law in cambodia once and for all. without the good rule of law, it is chaotic.
This is a great opportunity for all Khmer leaders to learn from this honorable Ambassador David Carden who seems to be quite generous to give such a winning wisdom to foreigners. This is the great advice that could bring peace, liberty, and prosperity to the nation and her population.
Khmer son
Cambodian law is on Hun Sen's lips and his lips has been so dangerous. So good luck US. Even Khmer Rouge court cannot be moved on. What do you expect?
Palm Tree
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