geovalin Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Niem Chheng and Shaun Turton Wealthy inmates held within Cambodia’s chronically overcrowded prison system would be able to pay for upgraded cells at a new, privately built and managed complex in Phnom Penh under a proposal unveiled last week by Interior Minister Sar Kheng. Speaking at an Interior Ministry meeting on Wednesday, Kheng, also a deputy prime minister, said the government already has a company interested in building a prison, which, he added, had been approved by Prime Minister Hun Sen. He initially said the facilities would not be “like a hotel”, though later said “we can call it a hotel or detention centre”. “The prisoners and the families who have money, they can [pay] rent and stay there,” Kheng said, adding such a facility would also generate state revenue. read more http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goanna Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Sounds like corruption to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merylhighground Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Don't SE Asians understand Crime and Punishment? Kheng, also a deputy prime minister, said the government already has a company interested in building a prison, which, he added, had been approved by Prime Minister Hun Sen. Translation: Kheng, also a deputy prime minister, total crook said the government he and his pals and family already has own a company interested in building a prison, which, he added, had been approved also been the subject of a huge backhander by Prime Minister Hun Sen who may need a luxury suite there one day..... Sad and coming from a nation with such a crime filled recent history, highly disturbing...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Sounds like corruption to me. What do you expect from a very corrupt regime? Wonder which family member(s) own or are very involved in this enterprise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spock Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 One legal system for the rich and another for the poor, now offering luxury penal accommodation to the few rich criminals unfortunate enough not to have already avoided responsibility for their crime. A disgraceful government which feathers the nests of its own people and cronies, and shits in everyone else's. Hun Sen exhibits the worst traits of SEA leaders - corruption, cruelty, cronyism all flourish under his rule. No surprise that a user pays system should determine the quality of a prisoner's sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khon Kaen Dave Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Read a book called Marching powder,about a british guy who started touts for tourists at the Lepaz prison in south America.Very much the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtaw Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Drugs, booze, and prostitution galore in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lannig Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Still better than Thailand where rich people don't ever go to jail, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spock Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Read a book called Marching powder,about a british guy who started touts for tourists at the Lepaz prison in south America.Very much the same. I read the book. Those in prison (with money) may as well have lived on the outside, so normal were the privileges they enjoyed inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orchidlady Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Maybe a new industry, prison travel tourism- you are sentenced in bordering country and with right credentials ($$) you upgrade to this prison, maybe it will even have casinos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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