Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh Thursday, 23 September 2010
The complaints included tax agents working out of uniform, to dissuade identification, said San Chey, a project coordinator for the Affiliated Network. They also included commune clerks, police, children of tax agents, village chiefs, deputy village chiefs and others.
A watchdog organization issued 90 complaints representing thousands of people to the nascent Anti-Corruption Unit on Thursday, claiming tax agents for the Ministry of Finance have been overcharging for annual vehicle stickers.
The complaints come from 2,700 people across 14 provinces and constitute the first real test of the ACU, which was established under a new anti-corruption law that was hailed as a breakthrough by the administration but lambasted as toothless by the opposition.
The Affiliated Network for Social Accountability In East Asia and the Pacific, which helped collect and file the complaints, says 2.5 million vehicles are registered in Cambodia, and each collection can be overcharged by as much as $0.50 each time, each year.
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