Sar Kheng paying traffic cops bonus out of own pocket

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Bun Sengkong and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

Interior Minister Sar Kheng has been paying traffic officers daily bonuses directly from his own pocket since January 1, information he revealed on Friday at a ministerial meeting on the transparent disbursement of traffic fine revenue, officials said yesterday.

Run Roth Veasna, the director of the public order department at the Ministry of Interior, who was in attendance at the meeting, related the minister’s words in an interview yesterday.

“Samdech Kralahom [Kheng] contributes 4,000 riel [about $1] per day to nearly 3,500 traffic police. Samdech uses his own money to pay for the expense,” he said.

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