Cambodian police, defence officials charged with attempted bribery


Vorn Veasna, who served as deputy police chief of Battambang province's Bavel district, is in Prey Sar prison awaiting trial on serious bribery charges. - FB via PPP/ANN

PHNOM PENH: A deputy police chief from Battambang province and an official from the Ministry of National Defence have been sent to Prey Sar Prison in connection with an attempted bribery scheme involving over US$770,000 from Thai nationals.

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) detained Vorn Veasna, who served as deputy police chief of Bavel district, Battambang province, and Tang Samnang, also known as Sok Chansamnang, an assistant to the deputy director-general of the defence ministry’s General Department of Technical Materials, on May 23.

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