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Phnom Penh sex workers hauled to Prey Speu in latest roundup


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Fifteen sex workers yesterday became the latest of the capital’s “undesirables” forced to call the long-pilloried Prey Speu detention centre home.

 

The latest targeted detention was criticised by rights advocates and gender experts alike, and comes just two months after Prime Minister Hun Sen demanded the centre – a dumping ground for the city’s homeless, addicts, mentally disabled and sex workers – be radically improved or shut down.

 

Wat Phnom commune police chief Un Sam Ath said the sex workers and two others had been arrested during a sweep of the Wat Phnom area between 8pm on Wednesday and 4am yesterday.

 

read more http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-sex-workers-hauled-prey-speu-latest-roundup

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