Official details Cambodia’s drug problems
Cambodia’s drug czar on 1 February described a prison and rehab centre system in which drugs were being sold under the noses of the authorities and suggested police estimates of the number of drug users in Cambodia were “not enough” as he spoke at the Interior Ministry’s annual conference on the topic.
Ke Kim Yan, deputy prime minister and president of the National Authority for Combating Drugs, specifically called out the “My Chance” drug detention centre, saying he had been made aware of individuals smuggling narcotics into the centre in their bags. Men Phal, an administrator at the centre, denied this was the case.
