The article below by Mu Sochua (pictured), MP from the opposition Sam Rainsy, calling on the Cambodian government to give protection to Ouk Seng, a Cambodian maid allegedly tortured and repeatedly raped by her Malaysian employer.
By Mu Sochua
What the Cambodian government should have done is to collaborate with the Malaysian police by getting the mother to Malaysia to provide her daughter support. There is nothing in my mind to believe that she retracted her words on her own will. Cambodian officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Cambodian Embassy in Malaysia and the Malaysian police with NGOs can form a team to conduct a thorough investigation of the alleged rape and the responsibility of the employment agency in Malaysia and in Cambodia.
Immediately, the young woman should be provided protection. Her safe return to Cambodia should be arranged by the Cambodian authorities. If she needs to go back to Malaysia to appear in court, the Cambodian authorities should be able to arrange for all costs.
In Cambodia, the government should investigate the Champa employment agency. This is not the first time, Champa agency is suspected of wrong doing.
Today, I have sent a message to a Malaysian NGO dealing with such cases of migrant workers in he region, victims of abuse.
I will continue to pursue this case and other cases as I believe that we are on the right track to crack down a business of human trafficking and violence against women.
I call on all who believe in defending women's rights and prosecuting human traffickers and safe working conditions for women to alert the media in their respective country and to continue to send their concerns to the Malaysian government to investigate the case and to provide protection to the victim.
At some point, Cambodia will have to decide when to stop sending our women living in poverty to Malaysia. Even if there have been prosecutions in Malaysia of abuse of migrant workers, in particular of cases of abuse of maids, it points to an environment of risk and challenges for Cambodian women who are fresh off the country side, with very limited education and easy targets of abuse.
3 comments:
why gov'e, do it yourself or you want to waite and blaim other for not do what your command, I don't understand why didn't she go over there and talk to the girl find out the problem and make derict dealt with Malay or Khmer Ambassy, why alway play cheap talk and blaim other it make no FFF sense at all, MOU soccccchou,,,,
Mike at 6:41 AM, This is a government responsibility, dude. Not a responsibility of the opposition party, they have no power and no authority to do it. But Mu Sochua has done a great job by alerting Cambodian and Malaysian authority to this case. The Cambodian government responsibility is to do thing for the nation and its people. Ouk Seng is a Cambodian citizen, so the Cambodian government must do everything to protect and help her, not a foreign government like Malaysia. The Hun Sen government is a corrupt government that is only interested in corruption for their own pockets, but never think about the welfare of its citizens. So far we only see Mu Sochua pushing with for the authority and the Malaysian government to do something about this case, but the Cambodian government is very silent about it. Shame on them!
how he work with other if he keep criticize people left and right, will he be able to run the country, deep thinker and take long time to reach something not like rainsy. does he know that he worth zero to non, does he know he is a trouble maker, and does he know he is absolutly madness man? wasn't he? world leader they never devide and spread hatreat like him, if messy team of Sam rainsy came to power imargin khmer will chaos again, most PHD from franch Keov samphoun Eing sary, pol pot , sam sary , Rainsy are very madness man, you are not khmer, Sam family is traitor.
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