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Kak Sovannchhay will be haunted by his conviction for the rest of his life, his mother said.

Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak told reporters that over October 2-3, the ministry received 18 complaints summated by outside individuals and organisations who are searching for 52 people thought to be somewhere in the Kingdom. The cases are possibly related to human trafficking.

Kandal Provincial Court on October 4 placed a man identified as Thel Thilen, 32, in custody at the provincial prison on charges of “stealing someone else’s property”. Thilen is an activist who filed a petition against the issuance of permanent residency permits to Vietnamese and the introduction of a Vietnamese-language department at a university in Cambodia.

Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a warning to people who are living in the Angkor Archaeological Park and refuse to relocate their houses. He told them that when measures are taken to clear the area are over, they will not receive any form of compensation, as the government will not allow the Angkor temples to be de-listed by UNESCO.

Cambodia has established August 20 as National Inter-Faith Day Against Human Trafficking, to be observed from 2023 onwards.