Five Women Arrested for Prostitution in Siem Reap


Khmer Times / Srey Kumneth Monday, 22 February 2016

Five female prostitutes were arrested in Siem Reap City on Saturday, according to local officials. Police worked with residents to identify the women, whose ages ranged from 25 to 45, said Doung Thavry, chief of the Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection office in Siem Reap.


Last year, according to Mrs. Thavry, around 26 workers were taken into police custody for “re-education” and were asked to sign an agreement to stop working in the industry. She added that many of the women have no choice besides sex work to support themselves and their families.


“Most of them sell their bodies because they have to support their life and their children,” Mrs. Thavry said. Saturday’s arrests were not the first police attempt to clamp down on the sex trade in the busy tourist city this year, however.


“Early this year, the police detained five more women who promised to stop doing that. Because the police just wanted the city to be more attractive for tourism,” Mrs. Thavry said, adding that the culture of sex work in their city bred anarchy.

“Early this year, the police detained five more women who promised to stop doing that. Because the police just wanted the city to be more attractive for tourism,” Mrs. Thavry said, adding that the culture of sex work in their city bred anarchy.[/quote]


Another fine example of Cambodian logic!

I could understand the newsworthiness if it had been white women. Incidentaly, how many white prostitutes are working in Siam Reap nowadays?

John Bingham wrote:

juansweetpotato wrote:I could understand the newsworthiness if it had been white women. Incidentaly, how many white prostitutes are working in Siam Reap nowadays?

According to the statistics, about 75,000. Most of them are underage.

BIG lol.

phuketrichard wrote:

I liked that and was encouraged to click one of the links. This came up

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White guys singing blues

a very thinly divided line as to what exactly defines prostitution...............
reminds me of the dialogue in a Woody Allen movie in 1991 shadows and Fog

Kleinmann: Uh, I've... I've never paid for sex in my life.

Prostitute: Oh, you just think you haven't. [laughs]

juansweetpotato wrote:

phuketrichard wrote:

I liked that and was encouraged to click one of the links. This came up

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haha this is george carlin at his best haha

I'm sure the police strongly encouraged those women to continue providing sex, just not to accept or expect money for it.