AFP
An environmental watchdog Friday urged Cambodia's donors to scrutinize multi-million-dollar payments by French oil company Total to secure the rights to explore an offshore area.
London-based Global Witness called on donors to "ask some tough questions and get some answers" about petroleum concession revenues, after Cambodian premier Hun Sen on Tuesday announced a 28-million-dollar contract with Total.
"We welcome the prime minister's openness on this latest round of oil payments," Global Witness campaigner George Boden said in a statement.
"But we still don't know whether the money from Total has turned up in national accounts because the information has not been made public," he added.
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