Cambodia to Form Anti-Corruption Law

Cambodia to Form Anti-Corruption Law
VOA Khmer
Washington
24/01/2007


Cambodia along with 12 other countries has started its two-day regional
conference to form an anti-corruption network.

The Anti-Corruption Network is a forum where all parties interested in
reducing corruption can exchange information about anti-corruption
programmes as well as collaborate on regional initiatives.

This network is believed to have great power to investigate corruption
throughout the different public sectors in Cambodia. It is reported
that Cambodia loses anywhere between $300-500 millions annually to
corruption.

State Secretary and Minister of Parliamentarian Men Sam An tells VOA
Khmer that the Cambodian government will push for the passage of
anti-corruption law into effect, sometime this year.

In 2006, a prominent anti-corruption watchdog found Cambodia to be the
second most corrupt country in Asia, and ranked the country at 151 out
of 163 corrupt nations.

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