Doomsday farm kids subjected to child labour, say police

Around 100 children abandoned by their parents at the farmstead of League for Democratic party (LDP) leader Khem Veasna are subjected to child labour, a top police official has said. The organisers of the doomsday cult are depriving children of their basic right to education and forcing them to do other household chores and farm work.

“Children residing in the farmstead are victims of child labour since they spend most of their time on farm chores rather than studying,” according to Banteay Srei police chief Colonel Long Samnang. Col Samnang said that the children are required every day to wash dozens of dishes, give a helping hand in the kitchen, do laundry, sweep the farm yard, herd the cattle, plough, among others, in order to discipline themselves.

He added that the children focus on farm chores and spend less time on studying that is usually taught by the LDP members. “We are watching them closely to find whether the doomsday organisers are forcing the children with punishments to do farm chores,” he noted. He said that the children had already lost a lot of months in study as they are living in the farmstead.

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