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Chou Bun Eng, permanent vice-chair of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT). - Phnom Penh Post/ANN PHNOM PENH, May 11 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): A senior Ministry of Interior official said 85 human trafficking cases were recorded in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 60 cases compared to the same period last year.
Chou Bun Eng, permanent vice-chair of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT), said on May 11 that last year saw only 25 cases of transnational human trafficking.
“This year we had cracked down on 85 cases in the first three months, mostly involving illegal removal which led to human trafficking,” she said.
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Human trafficking cases surge in early 2021 amid economic distress
Tue, 11 May 2021
A senior Ministry of Interior official said 85 human trafficking cases were recorded in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 60 cases compared to the same period last year.
Chou Bun Eng, permanent vice-chair of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT), said on May 11 that last year saw only 25 cases of transnational human trafficking.
“This year we had cracked down on 85 cases in the first three months, mostly involving illegal removal which led to human trafficking,” she said.
The cause of the increases, Bun Eng said, was the limited education levels of people and brokers who were taking advantage of the economic distress caused by Covid-19.
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A woman sells vegetable on a pavement in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district. Hean Rangsey
The pandemic so far – Taking stock of economic losses, starting with the garment sector
Fri, 7 May 2021
The latest wave is sweeping through the Kingdom’s society and key economic sectors, thwarting growth just as it was on recovery mode We are still evaluating [economic losses],” was the brief yet grim answer Meas Soksensan, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) spokesman offered as anxiety gripped key economic sectors in the latest wave of Covid-19 infections.
As of May 6, 114 people had died while positive coronavirus cases have surged to 17,621, more than 30-fold from the cases registered on February 20, when the first community transmitted case was detected this year.
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A red zone resident cooks while reading a news report which claims that Cambodian workers have gone hungry because of the extended lockdown. Photo supplied
Lost in translation: ‘Starvation’ in capital’s designated red zones
Mon, 3 May 2021
“DACH bay” is a Khmer slang meaning a “loss of income”, that could also be literally translated to «deprived of rice”, which alludes to starvation. However, civil society organisation (CSO) officials have independently confirmed the government’s prior assertions that there are no cases of starvation in Phnom Penh’s red zones because the government and the municipal authorities, as well as some CSOs themselves, continue to provide food assistance to people living in the highly restricted areas.