Angelina Jolie visited Cambodia today expectantly. Her meeting with Ieng Vuth, son of former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary and Deputy Director of a municipality near Pailin, was purportedly about her forest conservation project near the province. She was surely checking into the promised aid that she recently put a halt to in hopes of preventing any siphoned funds. Her fear is that Mounh Sarath was not handling the funds responsibly, though he denies these charges.
Her philanthropic and political adviser, Trevor Neilson, told The Associated Press in New York last month that “hundreds of thousands of dollars” Jolie had provided for the conservation effort were missing.
Mounh Sarath, who has denied the allegation, said Wednesday he knew about Jolie’s visit. Mounh Sarath said he wanted to talk to Jolie and could account for all the money he had received from her.
No word on whether or not any family accompanied her on this rushed visit. All we know is that she came in two helicopters and was there only a few hours. I wish she’d be careful. That area is rife with political unrest.
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