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The corruptor-in-chief? (Photo: AFP)By Robert Carmichael
DPA
Phnom Penh - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen this week told a gathering of business leaders and government officials in Phnom Penh that there was no corruption in a deal by mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd, which pulled out of the country last year.
BHP Billiton, which is not saying much, is being investigated by the authorities in the United States and Britain for possible corruption offences. A number of media reports have cited Cambodia as one country where it might have paid bribes.
"They say that the company that explored for bauxite gave money illegally to Cambodia," Hun Sen was quoted as saying in the Phnom Penh Post newspaper. "We should ask: How can they bribe? It cannot be possible."
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