Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Monday lambasted the country’s new anti-corruption law as a sham, saying those who commit graft in the country will never be jailed for it. The law, which took 15 years to draft and less than a week to approve, will not have the teeth necessary to rein in Cambodia’s rampant [...]
In order to combat against the widespread national corruption issues in Cambodia, on Wednesday the United States of America provided training to 62 Cambodian officials to curb corruption. Om Yentieng, the Head of the Anticorruption Unit, and a senior government adviser, said that the three-day training will “really influence a change to the quality of [...]
Om Yentieng who is the Head of the Anticorruption Unit said Wednesday at the Council of Ministers that the long-awaited anticorruption law will be approved soon after the Nation reconvenes on April 01. On December 11, 2009, the Council of Ministers had approved the draft anti-graft law which consists of 57 articles aiming at preventing [...]
The Council of Ministers on Friday approved the long-awaited draft of an anti-corruption law, but critics worry they will have little chance to change it when it comes up for parliamentary debate. The law will attempt to rein in the country’s endemic corruption, which starts with traffic police taking bribes from overloaded trucks and ends [...]
The long-awaited anticorruption draft law will be debated on December 11, 2009 after Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen order Council of Ministers to announce officially on Friday last week. The primer chose the December 11 weekly meeting for consideration of the anti-graft draft law, which if approved, will head to the National Assembly for a [...]