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The Star
27-05-2025
- The Star
Cambodian police, defence officials charged with attempted bribery
Vorn Veasna, who served as deputy police chief of Battambang province's Bavel district, is in Prey Sar prison awaiting trial on serious bribery charges. - FB via PPP/ANN PHNOM PENH: A deputy police chief from Battambang province and an official from the Ministry of National Defence have been sent to Prey Sar Prison in connection with an attempted bribery scheme involving over US$770,000 from Thai nationals. The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) detained Vorn Veasna, who served as deputy police chief of Bavel district, Battambang province, and Tang Samnang, also known as Sok Chansamnang, an assistant to the deputy director-general of the defence ministry's General Department of Technical Materials, on May 23. The two were found to have colluded in an attempt to extort US$774,000 in bribes to secure the release of 43 Thai nationals who were detained by authorities for illegally working in Cambodia. ACU spokesperson Soy Chanvichet told The Post that the arrests stemmed from a joint operation by a task force from the National Police General Commissariat on May 2, which investigated the 43 Thai nationals in Poipet town, Banteay Meanchey province. From May 4-6, Veasna and Samnang are alleged to have conspired to collect US$774,000 in bribes to facilitate the release of the 43 detained individuals. However, their plan failed, and the 43 Thai nationals were deported from Cambodia on May 8. Chanvichet stated that the actions of the suspects constituted elements of the crime of attempted bribery, as stipulated in the Anti-Corruption Law and the Criminal Code. Additionally, Veasna, who deposited money received from the bribery scheme into a bank and used it, is also implicated in the offense of money laundering, according to Chanvichet. Four of their accomplices, who are currently at large, have also been charged with attempted bribery. The two suspects were detained by the ACU on May 23 and were sent to Prey Sar Prison for temporary detention by the court on May 26 after the Phnom Penh municipal court charged them with attempted bribery. Yang Peou, secretary-general of the Royal Academy of Cambodian, believed that law enforcement officers who violate the law pose a serious threat to the nation. 'Committing corrupt acts with foreigners who violate the law in Cambodia is like destroying Cambodia's reputation and dignity on the international stage. Corrupt officials harm the Kingdom's foreign policy. Secondly, it undermines the national economic system and fosters other negative activities in Cambodia,' he said. He compared such bribery to the actions of the mafia and reiterated the importance of rooting out wrongdoing by those who are responsible for enforcing the law. - The Phnom Penh Post/ANN
Saba Yemen
04-05-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Instilling integrity values" program launched for summer course students in Al-Wahda district, Capital Secretariat
Sana'a – Saba: The Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption (SNACC), in collaboration with the Summer Courses Sub-Committee in the Capital Secretariat and Al-Wahda district, launched on Sunday an awareness program aimed at instilling and promoting integrity values to prevent corruption under the slogan "Knowledge and Jihad." During the inauguration, Ridwan Al-Mutawakel, Deputy Head of the Anti-Corruption Authority, explained that the program aligns with Quranic teachings and moral responsibility, as well as the directives of the Revolution Leader, Sayyid Abdulmalik Badruddin Al-Houthi, to prioritize summer courses. It also implements the provisions of the Anti-Corruption Law, its executive regulations, and the objectives of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (2022–2026), within the framework of partnership and coordination between SNACC and the Capital Secretariat. Al-Mutawakel emphasized the Authority's commitment to implementing this awareness program, which targets summer course participants, to cultivate and reinforce awareness among youth about the dangers and consequences of corruption on individuals and society. He highlighted the importance of participants understanding corruption's risks to the nation, future generations, Yemeni society, and state institutions, as well as its negative impacts across cultural, educational, social, health, economic, and political spheres. He noted how corruption weakens and degrades the services provided by the state to citizens. Al-Mutawakel also stressed the need to immunize youth against corruption through Quranic-based ethical education, rooted in the concept of religious, legal, national, and societal responsibility. This responsibility reflects in the behavior of righteous believers who reject corruption and show no tolerance toward corrupt individuals. The inauguration was attended by Mu'tasim Abad, Head of the Executive Office in the Capital Secretariat. Abdullah Obaid, Director of the Youth and Sports Office, and Jamil Al-Khalid, Director of the Education Sector in the Directorate of Education, praised SNACC's role in promoting integrity, transparency, and noble human values among youth through summer courses and other initiatives. They emphasized the importance of collective efforts by institutions and various groups to foster a society where integrity is upheld and any tolerance toward corruption and corrupt individuals is rejected. On the first day of the program, Dr. Yahya Al-Marwani, Head of the Executive Unit at SNACC, and Muhammad Al-Qans, Head of the Financial Disclosure Department, delivered two awareness lectures. Educational presentations were also shown, covering concepts of integrity, responsibility, honesty, forms of corruption, its dangers, prevention methods, an introduction to SNACC's roles and tasks in safeguarding youth against corruption. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
