Beggars set for Prey Speu: city

11 August 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Cities / Government / Ministries and other national bodies / Phnom Penh / Social development / The poor / Urban administration and development
HRW / Human Rights Watch / LICADHO / Long Dimanche / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh City Hall / Pin Sarapich / Pour un Sourire d’Enfant / Prey Speu Social Affairs Centre

After months of claiming that Phnom Penh’s notorious Prey Speu Social Affairs Centre had all but shut down, officials yesterday told the Post that the facility would be used in its latest efforts to rid the streets of “undesirables”.

City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said that in its forthcoming roundup of homeless people, beggars and street sellers, some will be sent to Prey Speu, a facility that has drawn the ire of rights groups for flagrant abuses. …

 Sen David and Alice Cuddy
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