AFP
PHNOM PENH - CAMBODIA'S parliament approved a controversial anti-corruption law on Thursday, more than 15 years after the legislation was first proposed to tackle graft in the country.
Cambodia is consistently ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world and the government has repeatedly come under fire from foreign donors and activists over its apparent unwillingness to tackle the problem.
All 82 members of parliament who attended the Thursday meeting, most of whom were from Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party, raised their hands to approve the law. But all lawmakers from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, who are not satisfied with the graft proposal, walked out of the meeting just hours before the draft law was passed.
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