Khmer Times
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Sim Sitha accepts an award with his staff.
He is now under investigation on charges of corruption. AKP
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The General Director of the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) yesterday denied a slew of corruption allegations published by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), including one that he hired 500 employees after they paid $3,000 apiece for a job. The PPWSA – once a beacon of success and transparency in the Cambodian government – has come under fire recently, with charges of a corrupt hiring process and bribery.
PPWSA director Sim Sitha’s open letter to the ACU, published yesterday on the ACU’s website, said that only 313 employees had been hired between 2013 and 2015, and that none had been required to pay for their positions.
In his letter, Mr. Sitha said he recruited the employees in response to the actual needs of the Water Supply Authority. He also defended the PPWSA’s bonus policy, which gave raises to many of its employees, saying that the decision to give the raise was reached by a committee.
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