14 people jailed for involvement in surrogacy and human trafficking

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Phnom Penh Municipal Court today sentenced 13 women and one man to five years in prison for being accomplices in a surrogacy, human trafficking and brokering racket in 2018. Presiding Judge Sour Linna said of the 13 women arrested, 11 were pregnant and charged with “accomplice to the Act of Selling, Buying or Exchanging a Person for Cross-Border-Transfer” under Article 16 of Cambodian Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation and “intermediary between adoptive parents and a pregnant woman” under Article 332 of the Criminal Code.

 

She said the 11 women, who were hired to be surrogates for children that once born were due to be trafficked, were sentenced to five years in prison each, but their sentences were reduced to four months and 27 days, after taking into account the amount of time they had spent in prison since their arrests. “The court has ordered these women not to sell or traffic the children and take care of the children as their own,” she stated.

 

Judge Linna identified the two other women as Khieu Vanna, 40 and Sok Khoeun, 40, both former garment workers living in Sen Sok district’s Kork Klaing commune, and the man as Eang Mann, 44, a taxi driver living in Por Senchey district’s Kakab commune. “The court has decided to convict and sentence the other three accused to five years in prison, however, their sentences will be reduced to only two years in prison, with the remainder suspended,” she said.

 

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[steven100]

good job .... 

[roberts35]

What happens in our world that women agree to become surrogate mothers and then just sell their children? It's just a nightmare for me. I can't imagine how a living person can be considered just a commodity that can be sold. Glad to hear that the police worked well and have arrested that people. But I think that there are still people who continue to commit such crimes. Human and sex trafficking is a huge problem that affects many countries. So, I think that sex trafficking philanthropy is a good chance to fight with these terrible crimes.