Millions of SIM cards still missing ID

[geovalin]

Cheng Sokhorng

Nearly eight months since the National Police and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications announced a crackdown on unregistered mobile phone SIM cards, at least 2 million of the electronic chips are in circulation with no user information attached to them.

Im Vutha, director of the regulation and dispute unit at the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC), said yesterday that about 10 per cent of the country’s roughly 20 million SIM cards remain unregistered.

He said the TRC would cooperate with the Ministry of Interior to enforce a government directive issued on September 22 that requires all SIM cards to be linked to the identification documents of their primary user.

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just as in thailand...

[Trouble]

They all claim it is for security and protection of terrorism. It's really Big Brother wanting to control everything.