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Title: Watchdog slams partnerships [Cambodia]
Visit: Watchdog slams partnerships [Cambodia]
Author:
Cheang Sokha and James O’toole, Phnom Penh Post [Cambodia]
Dated:
08 Mar 2010
Newly announced charitable partnerships between members of the private sector and the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces constitute a “blatant violation of basic governance and transparency standards”, according to…Global Witness... “It is unacceptable for private companies to be financing a military renowned for its corruption and involvement in illegal activities and human rights abuses,” Global Witness campaigns director Gavin Hayman said in the statement…The plan…laid out in a document signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on February [partners] prominent companies and individuals from the private sector, including ANZ Royal Bank, Bayon TV and Canadia Bank …with government offices and military units. This arrangement…will provide military families with daily necessities…though some observers fear it will leave the armed forces accountable to private rather than public interests…Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Koy Kuong said..."Global Witness never reports any good things from Cambodia. They are like representatives of the opposition.”
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