Saturday, May 22, 2010

Controversial pick for anticorruption chief

Friday, 21 May 2010
By Sebastian Strangio and Vong Sokheng
The Phnom Penh Post

GOVERNMENT critics have slammed Prime Minister Hun Sen’s appointment of Om Yentieng as head of the country’s new Anticorruption Unit (ACU), saying the choice does not bode well for efforts to eradicate graft.
Om Yentieng, a senior adviser to the prime minister and chairman of the government-run Cambodian Human Rights Committee, confirmed Thursday that Hun Sen appointed him to the post last week and pledged to carry out his duties in accordance with the law.
“We will focus toward cooperation in the process of investigation and the law,” he said.

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