Crime
Sar Sokha is named in proposed U.S. legislation targeting organized crime networks linked to the global scam industry
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Sokha has retained two U.S. law firms in an effort to remove his name from a congressional bill targeting individuals connected to the global scam industry. (Photo from Sar Sokha’s Facebook page)
DANIELLE KEETON-OLSEN and PHOUNG VANTHA
PHNOM PENH — Cambodia’s Interior Minister has entered into personal contracts totaling $285,000 with two U.S. law firms as part of an effort to have his name removed from a proposed American congressional bill that would impose sanctions on figures linked to the global scam industry.