China-Kingdom MoU targets illicit bride market

A government anti-trafficking committee is in the final steps of drafting a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to crack down on human trafficking between Cambodia and China, an official said yesterday. Ran Serey Leakhena, deputy secretary general of the National Committee for Counter-Trafficking (NCCT), said that a meeting was held on Thursday to draft the MoU. It would be signed by both countries in late May or early June, she said.

“The aim is to focus on the forced marriages of Cambodians to Chinese. There have been problems of Cambodian women marrying Chinese men, with abuses and rights violations,” she said. The MoU would also address marriage licensing procedures between Chinese and Cambodian couples, she said, though any changes would not cover already married couples.

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