2010-12-01
Associated Press
An official says a Cambodian provincial prosecutor has become the first person to be arrested under a new anti-corruption law.
The head of the government's anti-corruption unit, Om Yentieng, says Pursat provincial prosecutor Tob Chan Sereivuth was charged Tuesday with accepting bribes to release timber smugglers and with extorting money from local people, the military and other officials.
Cambodia, a poor country heavily dependent on foreign aid, is routinely listed by groups such as Transparency International as one of the most corrupt in Asia. Under the anti-corruption law, any official found guilty of taking bribes faces up to 15 years in prison.
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