Thousands of Taiwanese believed enslaved in Cambodia
Thousands of Taiwanese believed enslaved in Cambodia
This is far off my usual topic list but this was a shocker.
Snippet from bottom of the story, which references our favourite no-go destination: "based mainly in the notoriously lawless southern port town of Sihanoukville."
"Indonesians, Vietnamese, Thais, and Malaysians have been rescued in Sihanoukville by the hundreds. But the numbers coming out of Taiwan would suggest that the problem is much greater than the authorities in Cambodia wish to believe.
"That also helps explains why the U.S. State Department recently dropped Cambodia, alongside Vietnam and Brunei, to Tier 3 – the lowest level – in its annual human trafficking report, a sore point with Phnom Penh which was apparently “shocked” by the decision."
From The Diplomat
Headline: Taiwan Frets for ‘Thousands’ Trafficked Into Cambodia
Deck: Taiwan joins the chorus of regional countries expressing concerns about human trafficking in Cambodia, where reports are rife of enslavement, beatings, torture, and being resold.
https://thediplomat.com/2022/08/taiwan- ... cambodia/?
Snippet from bottom of the story, which references our favourite no-go destination: "based mainly in the notoriously lawless southern port town of Sihanoukville."
"Indonesians, Vietnamese, Thais, and Malaysians have been rescued in Sihanoukville by the hundreds. But the numbers coming out of Taiwan would suggest that the problem is much greater than the authorities in Cambodia wish to believe.
"That also helps explains why the U.S. State Department recently dropped Cambodia, alongside Vietnam and Brunei, to Tier 3 – the lowest level – in its annual human trafficking report, a sore point with Phnom Penh which was apparently “shocked” by the decision."
From The Diplomat
Headline: Taiwan Frets for ‘Thousands’ Trafficked Into Cambodia
Deck: Taiwan joins the chorus of regional countries expressing concerns about human trafficking in Cambodia, where reports are rife of enslavement, beatings, torture, and being resold.
More at link to long-ish story:Cambodia’s troubles with human trafficking have escalated significantly after investigations by Taiwanese authorities, who fear thousands of Taiwanese have been trafficked into the Southeast Asian country and forced to work for criminal syndicates.
Amid harrowing reports from trafficked victims, the National Police Agency (NPA) conducted an investigation based on flight records, revealing that about 1,000 Taiwanese travelled to Cambodia per month for much of this year but on average only 100 returned home.
Based on that, police and politicians say at least 2,000 Taiwanese are still stranded in Cambodia against their will, but this number could be as high as 5,000 because of blind spots in the data. That is significantly more than the previous estimates that hundreds of Asians had been reportedly tricked and then sold here.
An inter-ministerial task force has been set up to deal with trafficked Taiwanese and there have already been press conferences with victims who escaped. A similar pattern emerged in Malaysia in April when its ambassador in Phnom Penh wrote to local police seeking help.
https://thediplomat.com/2022/08/taiwan- ... cambodia/?
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Big busts in Taiwan:
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And many other articles related to Taiwanese human trafficking to Cambodia on the above page - scroll down.
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And many other articles related to Taiwanese human trafficking to Cambodia on the above page - scroll down.
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Re: Thousands of Taiwanese believed enslaved in Cambodia
Ghost ships coming and going with impunity
Remember one was found abandoned very recently after beaching on one of the islands?
Remember one was found abandoned very recently after beaching on one of the islands?
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