Prey Speu tales conflict
Following last week’s street sweep, children as young as 7 years old were kept in Phnom Penh’s notorious Prey Speu social affairs centre, eyewitnesses, staff and those targeted by the initiative have told the Post, directly contradicting government denials offered earlier this week. Standing at the centre’s locked gate in Por Sen Chey district yesterday morning, a member of staff who asked not to be named said three caged vans pulled up with no warning last week and offloaded dozens of beggars, street sellers, and homeless adults and children. “Most of them did not want to stay here. It is far away from the city, so they wanted to go back to Phnom Penh to earn money,” he said. …
Alice Cuddy and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prey-speu-tales-conflict
