‘Trapped in debt bondage’

18 October 2018
The Phnom Penh Post
Bricks and tiles / Child labor / Mineral processing and products / Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training / The poor
blood bricks / Chheang Suyheang / Heng Sour

Cambodia's construction boom has pushed thousands of families into modern slavery in the brick industry through debt bondage, a report by researchers from London’s Royal Holloway University say. The blood bricks report was released on Tuesday following the sharp rise in Cambodian brick prices in the last year due to growing demand from the rapidly developing coastal town of Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh. ...

 Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trapped-debt-bondage

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