PHNOM PENH, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia will establish a law to allow Cambodian citizens to marry foreigners, Cambodian Interior Minister Sar Kheng said here Thursday on the sideline of the Cambodia-U.S. cooperation meeting on combating human trafficking.
"Tomorrow, I will preside over a meeting for organizing the draft sub-decree to allow Cambodian people to marry foreigners," he told a press conference held after the meeting.
Recently, Cambodia halted to approve marriage between Cambodians and foreigners because it involved human trafficking, he said.
"We knew it contradicted our constitution and also discriminated individual rights, so we decided to establish law to facilitate marriage with foreigners, " he said.
The draft sub-decree would exclusively focus on marriage between Khmers and foreigners, he added.
Earlier this year, the International Organization for Migration issued a report stressing the vulnerability of Cambodian brides flocking to South Korea in increasing numbers.
The government in response condemned marriage brokerage agencies for exploitation and human trafficking, ordered the closure of three South Korean ones, and banned all marriages with foreigners on March 29, pending new legislation to regulate the process.
"Tomorrow, I will preside over a meeting for organizing the draft sub-decree to allow Cambodian people to marry foreigners," he told a press conference held after the meeting.
Recently, Cambodia halted to approve marriage between Cambodians and foreigners because it involved human trafficking, he said.
"We knew it contradicted our constitution and also discriminated individual rights, so we decided to establish law to facilitate marriage with foreigners, " he said.
The draft sub-decree would exclusively focus on marriage between Khmers and foreigners, he added.
Earlier this year, the International Organization for Migration issued a report stressing the vulnerability of Cambodian brides flocking to South Korea in increasing numbers.
The government in response condemned marriage brokerage agencies for exploitation and human trafficking, ordered the closure of three South Korean ones, and banned all marriages with foreigners on March 29, pending new legislation to regulate the process.
3 comments:
i think cambodia really is moving in the right direction, gradually but surely. i think by introduce new or more law is a good democratic way and will be good for the long-terms of cambodia. this is better than trying to be the dictator or something by forcing people using personal power or prestige or something along that line; however, by having new laws as deemed necessary for cambodia, no one can argue and violate with the law and win. god bless cambodia.
No really, most successful nation was created dictator. Japan, South Korea, Singapore is a few good example of that.
Neary Khmer said
I don't think it is a good solution. As you know new law in Cambodia are laways get the benifit from people. The power person take that time to be corruption and ask more money for documents. Morover, it is not really democratic , we should have righ to do what we should in respect the law.
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