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An aid package of 60 million dollars would be three times the amount they spent yearly on Cambodia in the last decade (with little variance). See [1]. [1]: htt
by revelation 14y ago
An aid package of 60 million dollars would be three times the amount they spent yearly on Cambodia in the last decade (with little variance). See [1].
[1]: http://www.openaid.se/en/countries/kambodja?year=2012 http://www.openaid.se/en/countries/kambodja?year=2012
- mongol 14y agoExcept the 60 million dollars are for two years, as described in the article linked from Torrentfreak. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-09/05/c_131829212.htm http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-09/05/c_1318292...
- guelo 14y agoSo it is a 50% increase from 20 to 30 million.
- reinhardt 14y agoSo "only" 150% of the average yearly state expenses instead of 300%. Was there a point you were trying to make or you're just being pedantic?
- stephengillie 14y agoI think the point he's trying to imply (and you're trying to ignore) is that Sweden effectively paid Cambodia $20 million to arrest this person.
- reinhardt 14y agoI'm not really following your math, the point is that it's a shit-ton of money for Cambodia, whether we're talking about $60M or $30M per year.
- mongol 14y agoYou read my point. You can fill in the dots. Also, see the other comments in this thread that this is _old_ news, which predates Anakata's arrest.
- lolcraft 14y agoCoincidentally, it would be thirty hundred thousand times the amount I would pay to a local Cambodian corrupt cop to get that dude's ass on jail. With little variance. Point is, Swedish readers, you should vote me for chief prosecutor of your country. No, seriously. TorrentFreak here wants us to believe that Cambodia got 40G$ for arresting someone who is not precisely Pablo Escobar reincarnate. Do they seriously want us to believe that the Swedish Minister of Justice is that incompetent? I mean, some calls, an Interpol red notice... I could get it done for less than a million, my fees included. So vote me.
- Uchikoma 14y agoYou have experience paying money to corrupt cops in Cambodia? Are most cops in Cambodia corrupt? Did you already do that? Sounds interesting so could you elaborate? Or have you never been to Cambodia and use HN to throw around racist comments about corruption in Asia?
- res0nat0r 14y agoCambodia is ranked 164 out of 182 on the Corruption Perceptions Index list as of 2011, just slightly less corrupt than Libya. Not a very ringing endorsement. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index