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Minister of Interior Sar Kheng and Chinese ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian on September 27 met for cooperation talk on combating transnational crimes.

Cambodia has established August 20 as National Inter-Faith Day Against Human Trafficking, to be observed from 2023 onwards. Prime Minister Hun Sen made the announcement regarding the date and also told all government authorities and other stakeholders to join hands in preventing Cambodia from becoming a haven for organised crime groups engaged in human trafficking.

Assessment of civil rights, including press freedoms in Cambodia, cites media closures, arrests as it declares country a 'repressive' environment

Assessment of civil rights, including press freedoms in Cambodia, cites media closures, arrests as it declares country a 'repressive' environment

PETALING JAYA: Hundreds of workers, including Malaysians, all believed to be victims of human trafficking, illegal confinement and torture, have been rescued by Cambodian authorities from suspected cybercrime compounds across the South-East Asian country in a series of raids.In one such raid at the coastal town of Sihanoukville some 200km from Phnom Penh, a total of 403 people were rescued.

Minister of Justice Koeut Rith has urged improvements to the quality of the courts and tribunals when it comes to cases involving labour trafficking and sexual exploitation.

Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities have shut down an apparent human trafficking operation that was being run out of a walled compound with three buildings located in Village 3 of Sihanoukville’s Commune III.

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said that he regarded gambling of all kinds to be a “social cancer” which could spread through society causing ever greater harm if there is no timely action to cut it out and that the deterioration of society will inevitably lead to increased social injustices.

Nearly 200 representatives of the elderly in Cambodia called on the government to consider prioritising the provision of cash allowances to the elderly to help address their health-related concerns post-pandemic.

Nearly 200 representatives of the elderly in Cambodia called on the government to consider prioritising the provision of cash allowances to the elderly to help address their health-related concerns post-pandemic.