Pictures: Sok An, left and Hun Sen, right.leaderships signatures for fraud [-Forgery shows that Cambodia is corruption-ridden to the highest level]
November 27, 2007
Two men have been arrested by Cambodian military police in Phnom Penh for allegedly leading a private company into believing it had been granted a huge land concession by using fake signatures of the government's leadership, local press reported Tuesday.The pair, identified as Hai Cheng, 39, and Mao Bun Theng, 51, reportedly falsified the signatures, official stamps and handwriting of Prime Minister Hun Sen, National Assembly President Heng Samrin, Minister of the Council of Ministers Sok An and Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun, the Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper reported. The forgeries were made in order to deceive Ing Em development firm into believing it had been granted a 17,000 hectare land concession in Siem Reap province to build an airport and Special Economic Zone, it said.Posing as middlemen, the pair allegedly prepared the false documents with border markings realistic enough to fool the company into paying them 120,000 U.S. dollars for the service, the Kampuchea Thmey newspaper reported.However, when the men avoided signing a contract with the company, it grew suspicious and ordered a review of the documentation which revealed the documents were forgeries, the KohSantepheap newspaper reported.In the false Council of Ministers notification, Sok An was identified as "Senior Minister, Minister in charge of the Council of Ministers" rather than Deputy Prime Minister, the Rasmei Kampuchea report said.Hai Cheng and Mao Bun Theng were charged Monday and detained byPhnom Penh Municipal Court awaiting further investigation and trial, it said.Police also found a gun, a two-way radio, three mobile phones, three false identify cards and a number of fake documents during asearch of Hai Cheng's house in Meanchey district on Nov. 24, the Koh Santepheap said.
November 27, 2007
Two men have been arrested by Cambodian military police in Phnom Penh for allegedly leading a private company into believing it had been granted a huge land concession by using fake signatures of the government's leadership, local press reported Tuesday.The pair, identified as Hai Cheng, 39, and Mao Bun Theng, 51, reportedly falsified the signatures, official stamps and handwriting of Prime Minister Hun Sen, National Assembly President Heng Samrin, Minister of the Council of Ministers Sok An and Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun, the Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper reported. The forgeries were made in order to deceive Ing Em development firm into believing it had been granted a 17,000 hectare land concession in Siem Reap province to build an airport and Special Economic Zone, it said.Posing as middlemen, the pair allegedly prepared the false documents with border markings realistic enough to fool the company into paying them 120,000 U.S. dollars for the service, the Kampuchea Thmey newspaper reported.However, when the men avoided signing a contract with the company, it grew suspicious and ordered a review of the documentation which revealed the documents were forgeries, the KohSantepheap newspaper reported.In the false Council of Ministers notification, Sok An was identified as "Senior Minister, Minister in charge of the Council of Ministers" rather than Deputy Prime Minister, the Rasmei Kampuchea report said.Hai Cheng and Mao Bun Theng were charged Monday and detained byPhnom Penh Municipal Court awaiting further investigation and trial, it said.Police also found a gun, a two-way radio, three mobile phones, three false identify cards and a number of fake documents during asearch of Hai Cheng's house in Meanchey district on Nov. 24, the Koh Santepheap said.
Source: Xinhua
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