Relief, tales of abuse as fishermen return
In a scene that has become all too familiar over the past year, a group of five fishermen who had endured more than a year in forced labour on a Thai fishing vessel returned to an emotional reunion with their families in Phnom Penh last night. The men flew into the capital’s international airport from Indonesia, where the boat they worked on was found illegally fishing. … The men are the most recent group of slave labourers to be repatriated after 13 fishermen were rescued from South Africa earlier this month and in July. “They were mistreated by a boat owner for more than a year and a month in South Africa,” Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Kuy Kong said in a statement. …
