Labour firm staff sentenced

The director and employees of a maid recruitment agency were handed sentences of up to five years by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday and ordered to pay compensation for illegally detaining an under-aged girl. Presiding judge Duch Kimsorn said Century Manpower’s director Oung Sakirin, chief of administration Sao Syneng, 27, and marketing manager Ngeth Sotheara, 28, were sentenced to three years for illegal detention. Broker Cheab Vannaraen, 27, was sentenced to five years for unlawful removal with purpose, he added. The court also ordered them to jointly pay US$2,000 compensation to the 14-year-old victim, Tak Thon…

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