15 June 2006By Mao Sotheany
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Cambodia has been placed on the US Tier 2 watch list, the same place it was last year, among countries which do not have good record for the elimination of human trafficking.
The US 7th annual human trafficking report published on 12 June 2007, indicated that Cambodia is both a transit point, and a destination for the trafficking and the sex trade of men, women, and chidren.
In an interview with RFA on Thursday, Mark Lagon, US State Department senior adviser on trafficking in persons, expressed his great concerns over human trafficking in Cambodia, in particular, due to corruption which is a major problem in Cambodia.
Mark Lagon said: “All types of human trafficking are steeply soaked with corruption. This is not only due to neglect from government officials, but in fact, they (gov’t officials) are involved in the various illegal practices, and these activities take place because of a weak application of the law.”
The 2007 US report on human trafficking indicated that Cambodian a large number children and women were sold in the countryside and they were brought in to various Cambodian cities such as Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Kompong Som, etc… In turn, these Cambodian children and women were further traded for sex to other neighboring countries, including Thailand, Malaysia, China, and Vietnam.
The US report stated that the government of Cambodia should push to bring to justice government officials who benefit or are involved in the trafficking. Furthermore, the report stresses that Cambodia did not ratify the anti-trafficking law which has been in the work for the past seven years.
The US 7th annual human trafficking report published on 12 June 2007, indicated that Cambodia is both a transit point, and a destination for the trafficking and the sex trade of men, women, and chidren.
In an interview with RFA on Thursday, Mark Lagon, US State Department senior adviser on trafficking in persons, expressed his great concerns over human trafficking in Cambodia, in particular, due to corruption which is a major problem in Cambodia.
Mark Lagon said: “All types of human trafficking are steeply soaked with corruption. This is not only due to neglect from government officials, but in fact, they (gov’t officials) are involved in the various illegal practices, and these activities take place because of a weak application of the law.”
The 2007 US report on human trafficking indicated that Cambodian a large number children and women were sold in the countryside and they were brought in to various Cambodian cities such as Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Kompong Som, etc… In turn, these Cambodian children and women were further traded for sex to other neighboring countries, including Thailand, Malaysia, China, and Vietnam.
The US report stated that the government of Cambodia should push to bring to justice government officials who benefit or are involved in the trafficking. Furthermore, the report stresses that Cambodia did not ratify the anti-trafficking law which has been in the work for the past seven years.
1 comment:
IT VERY SAD. I THINK IT ONCE IN A LIFETIME FOR SOMEONE TO BE IN HIGH RANKING POSITION. ITS A HONOR...INSTEAD THE KHMER GOVERNMENT DECIDE TO DO CURRUPTION FOR PERSONAL GAINS..
THEY DESERVED EVERY CRITICISM THAT THEY GET. GOOD FOR THEM THAT OTHER COUNTRY HAVE TO STEP IN AND REMOVE THEM ONE BY ONE.
HOPEFULLY, THE POOR, YOUNG AND ELDERLY WILL GET SOME RESPECT SOON.
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