Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior has announced its intention to strengthen control over the protection of the ministry building, which, according to visitors’ complaints, extorted “money for coffee” from them. Reported by local newspaper Khmer Times.
This issue got some repercussions after it was made public by blogger May Hey, who posted a social media complaint addressed to the Home Secretary. According to May Ei, the police demanded that they be given “two to five dollars to buy coffee and cigarettes.”
“Visitors only need to present their IDs and state the purpose of their visit to the guards standing guard at the door. “But the police won’t let anyone in unless they get a cigarette or coffee tip.”
Chief of Police Lieutenant General Sam Siyan stated that the guards at the gate were inspected “so that they would not act like this again” and announced that this would be subject to an administrative penalty. It has not been reported whether they have already been penalized for the acts committed.
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