Baby saved from ‘traffickers’
A 7-month-old baby, a woman and two men en route to Malaysia were rescued from two alleged traffickers near the Cambodia-Thai border in Banteay Meanchey’s Poipet town, police said yesterday.
Heng Chhun, 48, and Som Na, 38, will face charges related to human trafficking, Prum Sonthor, a deputy police officer in the capital, said yesterday, adding the infant was sold to Chhun and Na for $400.
The three adults being trafficked were identified as Chhun Srey Phea, 20; Long Srey, 47; and Sol Thon, 33.
“In this trafficking case, the [suspects] were planning to use the baby so travellers and tourists in Malaysia would take pity on them,” Sonthor said during the press conference. …
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