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While the prime minister ordered to clean up all illegal checkpoints set up along the national roads in order to take money from Cambodian farmers who transport their vegetable and products to the market. By the way, the premier also ordered all border policemen to stop taking money from people who export their agricultural products crossing border to Vietnam. Farmers were also pleased with his order but it has happened again and again.
During three-day Chinese New Year, I visited my parents in Memot district in Kampong Cham province. And then I heard my relatives to tell me that now they have to pay to border police at least 90,000 riel ($22) per time when they transport dry cassavas crossing Cambodian-Vietnam border in Memot district.
My cousin told me that he was so pleased by what the premier ordered all police not to take money from cassava vendors transporting to Vietnam market. At the time, he added that border police dared not take any money, even a package of cigarette. But now everything happens like before.
In addition, my cousin said that when he transported dry cassava crossing border in Snoul distircit in Kratie province, he just pays 10,000 riel ($2.5) to border police per transport. And then he doubts why paying to border police is different and then he added that it is because the Kampong Cham’s governor is the premier’s brother, so he does not care of what the premier ordered.
It is noticed that when the premier ordered to destroy all illegal checkpoints and not to take money from farmers, all local authorities followed his order but when the prime minister stopped shouting out, they restart to take money from farmers as what they did before. How to crack down on corrupt border police?
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