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Phnom Penh - Five Cambodian fishermen were rescued near East Timor after jumping overboard to escape reportedly slave-like conditions on board a Thai fishing vessel, local media said Friday. Chan Soveth, an investigator for Adhoc, a human rights group in Cambodia, said the incident took place in open water on January 21 after a fellow Cambodian died and his body was thrown overboard.
"When they saw the fisherman's dead body thrown into the sea, they were frightened, and that's why they jumped into the sea to flee," he told the Phnom Penh Post newspaper.
John McGeoghan, project coordinator at the International Organization for Migration in Phnom Penh, said it appeared the men had been trafficked.
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