You may be right. I don't think so.
On Aug 25, 10:10 pm, "BoangThom បងធំ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Soon Cambodia will be selected in to the Guiness world record as > the most corruption country on the planet which thank to Hun Sen 's > team . However Polpot was already selected that why Hun Sen > also want to be selected as well ! > > On 8/25/08, Ông-thu N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hun Chea, a nephew of Cambodia's prime minster, was speeding along a busy > > downtown street a few days ago when he ran down a man on a motorbike. > > > Phnom Penh's streets are teeming with motorbikes, hundreds of them, > > criss-crossing busy traffic without seeming to look or care where they are > > going. Collisions are inevitable. But that's not the point of this story. > > > Hun was tearing down the street at high speed when he hit the biker, > > witnesses reported, and his car ripped off an arm and a leg. The biker, Sam > > Sabo, was killed. Hun began to drive off, but running over the motorbike had > > shredded a tire. He had to pull over, so there he sat in his big black > > Cadillac Escalade SUV. > > > Now, listen to how the Phnom Penh Post newspaper described the events that > > followed. > > > "Numerous traffic police were seen avoiding the accident scene, but armed > > military police arrived. They removed the SUV's license plates and comforted > > Hun Chea" while Sam Sabo lay bleeding to death in the street. A military > > policeman was overheard telling Hun: "'Don't worry. It wasn't your mistake. > > It was the motorbike driver's mistake.'" A few days later, Hun gave the dead > > man's family $4,000 in hush money, the paper reported. Case closed. > > > It's no secret that Cambodia is thoroughly corrupt. As an indirect result, > > the rich and the powerful can commit, well, murder and face few if any > > repercussions. > > > A primary rule of foreign correspondence is to avoid applying the values of > > your own country on the nation you are covering. But then, some events > > appear so outrageous that the rule does not apply. > > > Police actually removed the car's license plates, to conceal the driver's > > identity? So I asked Khieu Kanarith, Cambodia's information minister, about > > the case. He fumbled about for a moment and then explained, "I understand he > > had his wife in the car, and I don't think he was paying attention to what > > he was doing." OK, but the police removed the license plates? Khieu had to > > think about that for a moment but finally managed to say, "You try to cover > > the plates because it's harder to sell a car if it's been in an accident." > > As a reporter, sometimes it's hard to keep a straight face. But then, being > > Cambodia's information minister is a tough job. > > > Later I asked Joseph Mussomeli, the U.S. ambassador, about this, and he > > shook his head. > > > "This goes to the whole culture of impunity here. Who you are, who you > > know, is more important than following the law. And the police are too > > intimidated, too deferential, to the wealthy and powerful." Why else would > > the traffic police assertively avoid the scene of the accident, even with a > > dying man lying in the street? They knew full well that the owner of a > > Cadillac Escalade SUV in this exceedingly poor country is quite likely to be > > well connected. > > > Impunity is a word that comes up over and over in Cambodia. > > > Last month, two men speeding by on a motorbike shot and killed Khim Sambor > > and his 21-year-old son as they walked down the street. Khim was a reporter > > for Khmer Conscience, an opposition newspaper, and not surprisingly the > > paper had been writing critically about the government. > > > No one has been arrested. That is true for dozens of apparent contract > > killings in recent years just like that one. No one has proved that > > government officials are behind them. But then, why else would the police > > make no effort to solve any of these crimes? Cambodia has come a long way in > > the last several years. Phnom Penh is teeming with tourists. The economy is > > growing. The nation has been stable for more than a decade now, which is no > > small accomplishment. > > > Over the years, I have worked in many corrupt states — Iraq, Sudan, > > Afghanistan, among others. But in none of them is the corruption so > > pervasive, even pandemic. Prime Minister Hun Sen just won re-election to a > > new five-year term. For a decade, the United States and many other countries > > have been pressing him to pass a comprehensive anti-corruption law. Hun > > continually promises but never delivers. > > > Cambodians deserve better. If Cambodia hopes to join the ranks of the > > world's prosperous and respected nations, it must enact — and enforce — an > > anti-corruption law. With that, in time, the shiny mantle of impunity > > resting softly on the shoulders of the rich and well-connected will begin to > > fall away.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. 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