More fishermen repatriated

Another 30 Cambodian men among 65 rescued in Indonesia after being trafficked into work on fishing boats in Thailand were repatriated to the Kingdom yesterday, following the return of 30 such workers last week. The remaining five workers are set to be repatriated next month, Chiv Phally, deputy director of the anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection department at the Ministry of Interior, said yesterday. “It was so great for me to see my country again after I left here two years ago,” 33-year-old Mouy Hoeun said upon his arrival at Phnom Penh International Airport yesterday. Mouy Hoeun said he was sold into work on the fishing boat. “They forced the workers to work very hard, and they beat us if we didn’t work hard. It was very hard work for us to be the boat workers,” he said, adding that he would see his family on Thursday…

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