Siem Reap human traffickers sentenced, BUT...

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Siem Reap human traffickers sentenced, BUT...

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On paper, human rights NGOs are applauding the news that three key members of a human-trafficking have been sentenced in Cambodia, however the reality is that two of the three are on the run, and that the victims will likely get no compensation at all for their sufferings.

Court sentences three for trafficking workers
Mon, 22 May 2017
Human rights NGO International Justice Mission (IJM) on Friday hailed the conviction of three “key players” in a Siem Reap-based human trafficking network responsible for recruiting, transporting and selling Cambodian migrant workers into the Thai fishing industry. Despite the convictions, however, it is unclear if the victims will ever see compensation, or if two of the traffickers on the run will serve their sentences.

According to an IJM statement, on Thursday the Siem Reap Provincial Court gave Nath Sambath and Nget Phalla nine-year sentences and Moeut Kia an eight-year prison term, while the six Cambodian men who testified against them “were awarded compensation in amounts ranging from two million to twenty-five million riel [about $6,250].” They were among 230 Cambodians rescued from Thai fishing boats in Indonesian waters in June 2015.

[BUT...]
The convictions, however, are only part of the story. As Peter Williams of IJM acknowledged, the court-mandated compensations are meant to be paid by the convicted traffickers, who in the past have refused to pay.

Furthermore, Phalla fled and remains at large after previously being granted bail by an investigating judge, while Kia has never appeared before the court...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/c ... ng-workers
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