Pawn shops face crackdown

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Phnom Penh City Hall has set its sights on the many pawn shops in the city, ordering police to check that each shop has proper registration papers. City Hall spokesman Met Meas Pheakdey said shops without proper documents would be shut down.

 

“We ordered officials in 12 districts in Phnom Penh that within the next two weeks, they have to check all shops to see if the shop owners have registered or not,” Mr Meas Pheakdey said. He said the initiative was to ensure that all pawn shops properly follow regulations and do not operate as middlemen for stolen goods.

 

“If we find that any pawn shop has no licence to operate we will require them to close temporarily and then apply to the authorities to get licences,” Mr Meas Pheakdey said, adding shops that failed to do so would be closed permanently. Mr Meas Pheakdey added that even some registered shops probably receive stolen goods and that the authorities must put a stop to such practices.

 

 

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