Tue, 12 Feb 2013
The head of the dragon dance costume is
seen as Chinese Cambodian men perform in celebration of the upcoming
Chinese Lunar New Year in front of the Royal Palace, Phnom Penh February
9, 2013 REUTERS/Samrang Pring
BANGKOK (TrustLaw) – The wife of a Cambodian senator - and
owner of a firm linked to land grabs in the country - celebrated the
Chinese New Year Sunday by doling out cash to hundreds of police and
military police officers, The Cambodia Daily reported.
Choeung Sopheap’s “ang pao” - red envelopes of money traditionally
given out for the Chinese New Year - contained 30,000 to 50,000 riel
($7.50 to 12.50), and attracted a queue that turned the street outside
her mansion in the capital Phnom Penh “into a sea of government
uniforms,” said the report published Tuesday.
Sopheap owns Phaepimex, which holds a number of economic land concessions in the country. The company has been at the centre of a land dispute with villagers from Krakor district in Pursat province who say their lands were cleared illegally.
Her husband, senator of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party Lao Meng Khin, owns Shukaku Inc., which is developing a real estate project in Boeung Kak neighbourhood - another deal that has seen mass protests and allegations of police corruption.
“We help her when problems arise, not only in Phnom Penh but also in
the provinces,” military police officer Sieng Radin told the Cambodia
Daily while waiting outside the gates. “She loves the armed forces
because she knows we protect her and she is a high-ranking official.”
More than 5,000 ang paos were handed out, the paper said.
Phay Siphan, the spokesman for the Council of Ministers, told the
Cambodia Daily he could not comment on whether her gifts were
appropriate “because we don’t have any such law or regulations on what
we call a conflict of interest.”
3 comments:
It's blood money - $7.50 to $12.50 contract-hiring the uniformed forces to help the dirty rich to injure or maim the helpless and innocent citizens.The country lives on begging life style irrespective of who and what they are.
Dirty-money filty rich bitch/witch vampire from China come to robbed Cambodia with the help of her dogs Hun sen,filty wicked witch dies soon...You old ugly bitch!
Its a down payment for contract killing from Royal armforce and police force all her dogs just listen to what the dog called Ah sieng Radin talked to reporter above.How dumb was this dog-Ah Radin?Shame on all of you including ah kwak Hun sen! or mee som phuerng Sopheap aka Yeay Phu!...Dies soon You stupid greedy witch!
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