Background
The Accounting and Auditing Regulator (ACAR) participated as a member of an inter-agency working group tasked with preparing Cambodia’s national strategy on Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), and Counter-Proliferation Financing ahead of the 2028–2029 mutual evaluation. ACAR officials engaged technical staff in a videoconference to share the timetable and coordination steps for strategy development.
The working group’s remit includes defining an implementation schedule and assigning responsibilities to relevant agencies to ensure readiness for the mutual evaluation process. The meeting disseminated an implementation schedule intended to guide development of the national AML/CFT/CPF strategy prior to the 2028–2029 mutual evaluation.
Key Developments
On 15 May 2026 at 10:30 AM local time, technical officials joined a Zoom conference under authorization from ACAR Director General H.E. Bou Tharin. Mr. Lim Chanrathanak, Deputy Head of Inspection 1 at ACAR and a working-group member, led the ACAR technical delegation. The session was co-chaired by H.E. Hak Sok Heng, Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, and H.E. Heng Bomakara, Head of the Cambodia Financial Intelligence Unit.
Institutional Role
The coordination format brings together accounting and auditing oversight with financial intelligence and telecommunications authorities to structure the national strategy development. Co-chairing by the Financial Intelligence Unit and a ministry underlines the cross-agency coordination mechanism used to prepare interlinked AML/CFT and counter-proliferation policy instruments.
Compliance Implications
The published implementation timetable signals that government agencies and regulated sectors will have defined milestones for contributing to the national strategy and mutual-evaluation preparations. Accounting, auditing, and reporting entities should expect engagement from ACAR and other supervisors as agencies implement scheduled tasks for strategy drafting and assessment readiness.
Official Source
Source: ACAR social post (video conference announcement) — ACAR Facebook.
