20-year-old rescued from China after being trafficked for marriage

A 20-year-old Cambodian woman who was trafficked to China for marriage has been successfully rescued and repatriated, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Interior. Lieutenant General Chiv Phally, chief of Anti-Human Trafficking and the Juvenile Protection Department in the ministry, identified the victim as Thuok Sophy from Kratie province’s Snuol district.

He said Sophy was rescued by Cambodian General Consul officials in cooperation with Chinese police on December 2 last year.  She was repatriated and arrived in Cambodia on Friday. He added that the victim is still undergoing 14 days of quarantine at the quarantine centre before she can return to her family.

On October 10, 2020, a Facebook account with the name “Veasna Kon Srey Ti Buon” (the Fate of the Fourth Daughter) posted saying that she had been trafficked to China for marriage with a Chinese man, was being  forced to have sex and was seeking help. The account posted saying that her name is Thuok Sophy, 20, the fourth daughter of a poor family and that she was trafficked for marriage to China in 2019.

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