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An environmental watchdog is urging Cambodia's donors to scrutinize multi-million-dollar payments by French oil company Total to secure the rights to explore an offshore area.
The call by the London-based Global Witness comes after Cambodia's premier Hun Sen announced a 28-million-dollar contract with Total on Tuesday.
Hun Sen says eight million dollars of that money would go towards a "social fund".
Earlier this week Hun Sen denied that Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton had paid a large bribe for an exploration contract, saying that money had also gone into a "social fund".
Total has won the right to search for oil and natural gas in Cambodia's offshore "Block 3" in the Gulf of Thailand.
Global Witness says questions regarding oil and mining payments made to the Cambodian government should top the bill at a meeting of aid donors in June.
The call by the London-based Global Witness comes after Cambodia's premier Hun Sen announced a 28-million-dollar contract with Total on Tuesday.
Hun Sen says eight million dollars of that money would go towards a "social fund".
Earlier this week Hun Sen denied that Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton had paid a large bribe for an exploration contract, saying that money had also gone into a "social fund".
Total has won the right to search for oil and natural gas in Cambodia's offshore "Block 3" in the Gulf of Thailand.
Global Witness says questions regarding oil and mining payments made to the Cambodian government should top the bill at a meeting of aid donors in June.
3 comments:
BHP is under investigation. May I give this advice to BHP management: as far as you cannot give evidence of the effectiveness of the use of the given money as "social fund" you cannot get out of the hook. Please ask Hun Sen government detailed report on the use of this Cambodians' money. When you gave this tea money to the Hun Sen government through CNPA and others, we, poor Khmer, already condemned your wrongdoings and you are considered as accomplish of this criminal action: corruption.
To Total: Don't repeat what you have done in Africa along with your colleague Elf. Omar Bongo is gone but Gabon is still poor. We know very well your country's energy policy and your practice in Africa in oil matter. You may invite Hun Sen and his wife "en grande pompe " to celebrate "le 14Juillet" but bear in mind that Cambodians are still living in abject povety and need oil money to rebuild the country. Please don't repeat your ridiculuous policy in Africa. With my love for your "liberté, égalité et fraternité" may I ask you a favour: tell Hun Sen to play transparency in oil money, give thorough report regularly to Cambodians on the use of oil money, don't mix-up this country's money with the CPP "trésor de guerre" Merci
yes, cambodia needs a anti-corruption watchdog for all sectors. we want transparency and accountability with the so called tea money, too, really. that money could go to assistance housing, healthcare, building schools, job training, etc for disadvantaged people in cambodia. god bless.
For 10:19 AM You called her " A cheap Asian woman"? What about that inspector with high education and a high authority should be called??
He is a scum, low life, so cheap, no brain!!!
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