In today's economic climate, many Cambodian men are at risk of being trafficked, experts warn. Photo: David Swanson/IRIN
Kou Channyyon was trafficked from Cambodia to Malaysia. Photo: Kounila Keo/IRINPHNOM PENH, 15 September 2009 (IRIN) - Kou Channyyon's story is typical of many young Cambodian men.
Desperate for work, he was trafficked to Malaysia with the promise of earning more than US$200 a month in a coffee factory.
But after he arrived, his passport was confiscated, and he found himself working 13 hours a day, with barely enough money to cover his living costs.
Barred from leaving the factory premises, he did not know if he would ever be able to escape.
"It was exhausting ... I got very little sleep and was paid less than other workers," the 23-year-old farmer's son from southern Kandal Province, told IRIN.
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