CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:28 am Two women were detained, and then released, for asking for funds for a vague charity. Is this a missionary donations scam or a real charity ?


Phnom Penh, Cambodia News: Two Filipino women working at Chroy Changva Primary School were detained by Cambodian authorities during the Water Festival at 1:20pm on 12 November, 2019, near the Sokha Hotel in Khan Chroy Changva.

According to the source, the two women had been walking around Chroy Changva during the festival, soliciting funds for a children's charity. This raised suspicions that the women were involved in an illegal enterprise, and the local police asked the immigration police for foreigners to interview the two foreign teachers, and they were taken for questioning.

In the end, a deputy from the school came to vouch for the women teachers and secure their release. They said that during their spare time they raise funds for children in need. However, the name of the "charity" remains vague. Has anyone come across Filipinos "missionaries" in Phnom Penh asking for donations for "Asian children" ?