Phnom Penh (FN), Feb. 14 – Cambodian deputy secretary general of the Ministry of Interior Duong Ngiep was arrested by the Phnom Penh Municipal Police and sent to the court on Monday morning (14 Feb), allegedly charged with fraud.

Phnom Penh Police Commissariat spokesperson San Sok Seiha told Fresh News.

According to the court’s statement issued on 10 February, Ngiep was charged on 21 June 2021 with two accounts of “Fraud” under Articles 377 and 378 of the Criminal Code and “issuing the dud cheque” under Article of 231 of Law on Negotiable Instrument and Payment Transactions in Phnom Penh Municipal Court. He faces up to three years in prison.
=FRESH NEWS