By May Titthara
The Phnom Penh Post
MARKET vendors at a Kampong Cham border crossing claim corrupt Cambodian border police are demanding too much money from Vietnamese customers, forcing them to accept lower prices for their goods.
The vendors have sent an official complaint to Prime Minister Hun Sen demanding an end to the practice, according to Lim Hong Chheang, who said he represents vendors at the Trapeang Phlong border crossing.
The payments “force Vietnamese vendors to buy Cambodian farmers’ produce at lower-than-market prices”, Lim Hong Chheang said.
Border officials demand 50 riels per kilogram of goods that the Vietnamese customers try to bring home, he said. The practice reportedly forces vendors to sell their offerings at a lower price: Dried cassava that might ordinarily fetch a price of 650 riels per kilogram, for example, now brings only 600 riels per kilogram.
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