The Straits Times
SEOUL - SOUTH Korean prosecutors on Friday charged a matchmaking agent accused of arranging a group interview between 25 Cambodian women and a South Korean bachelor, a case which sparked anger in Phnom Penh.
The agent surnamed Lee allegedly failed to tell his client of restrictions in Cambodia on international marriages, including a ban on group interviews with brides, the Seoul Central Prosecution Office said.
If convicted Lee, 58, faces up to three million won (S$3445) in fines, prosecutors said.
Cambodia imposed a temporary ban on foreign marriages in 2008 to prevent human trafficking, amid concern over a sharp rise in the number of brokered unions involving South Korean men and poor Cambodian women.
The restriction was lifted about eight months later after new laws were introduced to prevent women becoming mail-order brides.
Lee allegedly arranged the interview in Phnom Penh last September for the 43-year-old South Korean. The 25 Cambodian women travelled from the countryside to meet him. -- AFP
The agent surnamed Lee allegedly failed to tell his client of restrictions in Cambodia on international marriages, including a ban on group interviews with brides, the Seoul Central Prosecution Office said.
If convicted Lee, 58, faces up to three million won (S$3445) in fines, prosecutors said.
Cambodia imposed a temporary ban on foreign marriages in 2008 to prevent human trafficking, amid concern over a sharp rise in the number of brokered unions involving South Korean men and poor Cambodian women.
The restriction was lifted about eight months later after new laws were introduced to prevent women becoming mail-order brides.
Lee allegedly arranged the interview in Phnom Penh last September for the 43-year-old South Korean. The 25 Cambodian women travelled from the countryside to meet him. -- AFP
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