CCF for B Meanchey denies corruption allegation

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Samoeurn, the transport driver who accused CCF officials of corruption, stands in front of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU). Photo provided

A resident of Banteay Meanchey province lodged a complaint against agents of the provincial branch of the General Directorate for Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Control (CCF) with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) ) alleging that they had extorted 1.4 million riel from him. ($ 350).

For example, Samoeurn, a delivery driver for a transport company, said that on the night of August 31, he was driving his car transporting goods along the border ring road 58 in the OChrou neighborhoods of the Obei Choan commune when ‘he was arrested by CCF agents for an inspection.

They initially imposed a fine of 20 million riel, claiming that its goods did not have proper customs clearance documents.

They stopped my car at 11:00 p.m. and kept me there until about 3:00 a.m. I begged them to reduce the fines to 2 million riel. I paid them the 400,000 riel I had with me and sent them 600,000 riel through the electronic payment service provider E-Money. The next day they came to my house to demand that I pay another million, he said.

Lun Sitha, deputy head of the CCF branch of Banteay Meanchey, said on September 7 that Samoeurn was fined because CCF officials discovered he had transported a variety of illegal meatballs, wine without license and 340 kg of undated Chinese noodles.

He added that officials initially set the fine at five million riel, but because he asked for leniency, they agreed to reduce it to two million riel.

We will give the offender 15 days. If he doesn’t pay the fine, we’ll send him a notification letter and give him an extra 15 days. If he still hasn’t paid him, we’ll take him to court and follow standard legal procedures, he said.

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