Cambodia cracked down on 198 human trafficking and sexual exploitation cases in the first six months of 2021, a remarkable rise from only 63 cases over the same period last year, a senior official said on Friday.

 

Some 139 cases involved human trafficking and 59 cases related to sexual exploitation, the Interior Ministry’s secretary of state Chou Bun Eng said during a virtual meeting. “During the crackdowns, our law enforcement agents had arrested a total of 291 suspects and rescued 721 victims,” she said.

 

Bun Eng, who is also the permanent vice-chair of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking, said as the government was very busy to fight against COVID-19, some opportunists had tried to smuggle people across the border.

 

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"the Interior Ministry’s secretary of state Chou Bun Eng said ..."

"Bun Eng, who is also the permanent vice-chair of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking..."

she is not Chinese, is she??