Phnom Penh, Cambodia News: A 31-year-old woman and her 15-year-old daughter were summoned to court on August 21, 2018, on charges of convincing young girls, 15 years old and younger, to have sex with foreigners for the sum of $ 200 per night.

The police said the four girls between 14 to 15 years old got persuaded to have sex by the two suspects, mother and daughter, by telling the victims that they will get lots of money, between $5,000 to $10,000, a new car and a new house.

Two of the victims have had sex with foreigners before, but they got paid only $200 per night. The other two victims haven't had sex yet, because the victims' parents went to the police to file a complaint after they were missing from home overnight.

The judge decided to imprison the two suspects.

As the facts were related to the Phnom Penh court yesterday, the mother and daughter persuaded one of the daughter's friends to have sex with two old men, first a Cambodian man, and then a Chinese man.
The victim is aged 14, and these are serious charges. Mother and daughter both face up to 5 years in prison. However, the daughter is only 15 and under the guardianship (and influence) of her mother, yet she is on trial here as an adult.

January 30, 2019
Mom and daughter tried over sex procurement

Phnom Penh Municipal Court today tried a mother and daughter who allegedly procured an underage girl to have sex with two wealthy men in exchange for commissions in the capital last year.

Presiding Judge Kor Vandy identified them as Yim Sreyti, 36, a laundrywoman living in a rental house in Dangkor district, and Yim Putheakminea, 15, a student.

He said that both were charged with acts of intentional violence with aggravating circumstances and face up to five years in jail each if convicted.

Judge Vandy said that on July 15 last year, both accused persuaded a 14-year-old friend of Ms Putheakminear to have sex with a 50-year-old Cambodian man.

He noted that the victim was paid $150 for the two-hour session at the Stung Meas Guesthouse in Stung Meanchey commune.

“After the victim had sex with the man, the accused deducted $50 as commission from her,” Judge Vandy said.

He said that on August 16 last year, Ms Sreyti and Ms Putheakminea brought the victim to have sex with a Chinese man for $200 in Daun Penh district.

Judge Vandy said that the Chinese man paid the accused $100 in commission and the victim also gave them $50 later.
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Mom and daughter jailed for trafficking minor
5 March 2019
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced a woman and her daughter to seven years and three-and-a-half years in jail respectively for trafficking an underage girl to have sex with two wealthy men in the capital last year.

Presiding Judge Kor Vandy identified them as Yim Sreyti, 36, a laundrywoman living in Dangkor district, and Yim Putheakminea, 15, a student.

He noted that Ms Sreyti was sentenced to seven years and Ms Putheakminea to three years and six months in jail.

Judge Vanday said that both were charged with acts of intentional violence with aggravating circumstances.

He said that on July 15 last year, the two persuaded Ms Putheakminea’s 14-year-old friend to have sex with a 50-year-old Cambodian man whom they charged $150 for a two- hour session at the Stung Meas Guesthouse in Stung Meanchey commune.

Both mother and daughter could not be contacted for comment on their sentences yesterday. However, Ms Sreyti denied the allegations during their trial last month. She told the court that she did not know that the victim had sex with wealthy men.

“She was staying with my daughter in my house after she said she had an argument with her mother and dared not stay at home,” she told the court. “But she only stayed with me at nights.”

“I did not know about her activities,” she added.

But Ms Putheakminea admitted committing the offence. She said that she came to know the victim via Facebook in 2016 and they became friends.

“She always chatted with me that she had a problem with her mother,” Ms Putheakminea told the court. “She also said she did not want depend on her mother who had a new husband and he always beat her.”

“She said that she wanted to make money to support herself and asked me to find wealthy men for her to sleep with for money,” she added.
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