By Kim Yuthana
The Phnom Penh Post
GOVERNMENT officials said Tuesday that they were planning a crackdown on corruption and illegal taxing at the Poipet border crossing, a pledge that came one day after Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed concern about corruption at the key checkpoint.
Koy Soum Saroeurth, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Tourism, said officials would investigate allegations that cart-pullers were being unfairly charged for crossing the border and that bogus policemen were setting up fake toll booths.
“We must clear these bad acts completely,” Koy Soum Saroeurth said after an inter-ministry meeting Tuesday.
Banteay Meanchey deputy Governor Sar Chamrong said bureaucracy at the checkpoint should be streamlined to ensure that the crackdown will be effective.
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