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| SRP MP Mu Sochua (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post) |
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| Srey Sophal retracting her allegation (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post) |
Monday, 18 April 2011
Mary Kozlovski
The Phnom Penh Post
The mother retracted her allegation … at a press conference organised by the recruitment agency [Champa Manpower Group] To my mind, one word says it all: pressure
An opposition lawmaker has raised concerns that the mother of a maid working in Malaysia, who claimed that her daughter was raped twice by a member of her employer’s family, was under pressure when she retracted the allegations this month.
Srey Sophal, 66, of Svay Rieng province, claimed at a press conference organised by Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Mu Sochua on April 4 that her daughter had been raped, before withdrawing the allegations at the Ministry of Interior on April 6. In a statement released on her website on Friday, Mu Sochua said that the case should not end with the victim’s retraction.
“The mother retracted her allegation…at a press conference organised by the recruitment agency [Champa Manpower Group Ltd], at the Ministry of Interior, with a thumb printed letter by her daughter, officiated by the Embassy of Cambodia in Malaysia,” said Mu Sochua in the statement.
“To my mind, one word says it all: pressure.”
Mu Sochua added that the government should investigate Champa Manpower and its allied agency in Malaysia.
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