Five Women Arrested for Prostitution in Siem Reap
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 3:53 pm
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.
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.
