A woman from Samrong district in Oddar Meanchey province has filed a complaint claiming a Cambodian border official demanded 400 baht (52,000 riel, $12.72) for two chickens she had purchased in Thailand.
The incident allegedly occurred at the O’Smach international border checkpoint on Sunday when the woman, Chhum Samnang, asked someone to buy the chickens for her at a Thai market.
She claims the border official, Sean Vanna, demanded the bribe to release the chickens.
Samnang filed a complaint with the General Department of Immigration.
“Even the person who bought the chickens from the market in Thailand tried to request he lower the price to 100 baht per chicken, and he still did not agree.
“He accused me of buying chickens illegally, but I bought them for a family farm,” Samnang said.
She claimed that immigration police at the checkpoint did not enforce the law equally. Some people can import goods easily while lower-class citizens are threatened for money goods like vehicles, pigs, chickens and ice.
Khong Tin, chief of the O’Smach border checkpoint said on Monday that he was not aware of the case.