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| Srey Sophal, the mother of the 27-year-old migrant worker allegedly being held in Malaysia, speaks to reporters yesterday during a press conference at the National Assembly in Phnom Penh. (Photo by: Sovan Philong) |
Tuesday, 05 April 2011
Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post
I appeal … please help to liberate my daughter
A widow who claims her daughter was raped, beaten and deprived of food over a seven-month period by two separate employers in Malaysia yesterday appealed to the Cambodian government to intervene.
Srey Sophal, 66, from Svay Rieng province, requested that government officials tell Phnom Penh-based recruitment agency Champa Manpower Group to allow her daughter to return to Cambodia.
Speaking at a press conference held by opposition Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Mu Sochua, Srey Sophal said her daughter had been sent by the company to work at a house in Malaysia where she was raped twice on March 29 and 30 by her employer’s father.
“They threatened that if my daughter told someone about this, they would beat my daughter until she dies,” she said.
“I would like to appeal to the government and parliamentarians to please help to liberate my daughter. Champa Manpower Company said that if I want to have my daughter back, I must have US$1,500-$2,000 to redeem to the house owner.”
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