Telecoms boss out in probe

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Chhay Channyda

A probe into the embezzlement of $230,000 from Telecom Cambodia (TC) has claimed its first two scalps, with the state-owned body’s director general and board chairman fired for mismanagement.

In a statement released on Thursday, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) announced that Lay Marivo, TC director general, had been “terminated” from his position, which would fall temporarily to deputy director general Sorn Vy.

Marivo – who called for the investigation in the first place in September when he accused his accounting staff of taking the cash – was also sacked as a “government delegate”.

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