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Takeo District Governor accepted bribes to take the stone from Phnom Borey
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Pen Srey Neat
November 27, 2022

Cambodia News, (Takeo province): Angry residents accuse Angkor Borey District Governor, Ros Bunthoeun Ry, of selling off Phnom Borey, a historical mountain. However, the mountain is not for sale.

According to the local people, the governor of Angkor Borey district likes to sing karaoke almost every day, and while he sings, hundreds of trucks are taking away stone that is quarried at Phnom Borey. The governor is accused of accepting money to sell the revered mountain to stone traders, who are mining the mountain and removing it piece by piece.

According to officials at the Takeo Provincial Department of Mines and Energy, stone mining in Phnom Borey, Angkor Bo district, has been banned several times in the past. It is not known why the traders continue to mine the stone, but this could not go on without a green light from the governor. Ang Borei district governor Ros Bunthoeun Ry could not be reached for comment.


Mr. Pheng Vuth, Director of the Department of Mines and Energy of Takeo Province, also could not be reached for comment.
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Cambodia News, Takeo province: It should be noted that Mr. Ros Bunthoeun, the governor of Angkor Borey district, who is seen to like to sing karaoke and drink almost every day Is creating scandals all over the country, creating factions, committing corruption, such as the case of Phnom Borey, a historical mountain for sale now. The side of the mountain is being taken away by the truck-load, and the district governor claims that he is acting on the provincial governor's order, but when asked for a legal document, there is none.


Mr. Ros Bunthoeun has ordered his subordinates to measure the disputed land on one side of Phnom Borey, but an official at the Takeo Provincial Cadastral Office, who asked not to be named, on the morning of December 12, 2022 said that there is no procedure for the governor to order this, because only the court has the right to do so.