Police officers charged with taking bribes from 18 Chinese nationals

Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday charged three National Police officers with accepting bribes in exchange for the release of 18 Chinese nationals suspected of operating Voice over Internet Protocol scams in Kampong Speu province.

The three officers were identified as Soeu Sitha, deputy director of the Identification Department at the General Department of Identification; Rath Pin, Khmer Identity bureau officer at the General Department of Identification; and Van Sopheap, legal procedure bureau officer at the General Department of Immigration.

They were arrested on July 18 by the Interior Ministry’s Counter Terrorism and Transactional Crimes Department. The three officers were previously questioned by the Anti-Corruption Unit before they were sent to the municipal court. Suos Vichearandy, court secretariat deputy chief, yesterday said the accused are now in pre-trial detention. “They were charged for accepting bribes, attempting to obstruct law enforcement,” he said. “They are being detained at PJ prison.”

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