A hard life in the shadows

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Niem Chheng and Jack Davies

On the inside of the forearm of 37-year-old Rith* are two small circles of scar tissue. Stab wounds. A consequence of life as an undercover freelance police informant or “secret agent”.

Rith is not his real name. A tattered and creased laminated letter he keeps folded in his wallet bearing the seal of Phnom Penh Municipal Court explains that his work must be kept secret.

However, under the cover of anonymity and with permission from his commune police handler, Rith provided an intriguing insight into a precarious and ethically fraught crime-fighting tool that regularly places its practitioners in harm’s way with little financial reward.

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