Thursday, 10 September 2009

Three Cambodians Disappeared in Morakot Storm in Taiwan

Written by DAP NEWS -- Thursday, 10 September 2009

Many people in Taiwan island have disappeared after the recent Morakot storm, including three Cambodian workers, the Taiwanese Government announced on Wednesday.

Ya Navuth, director of Kampuchea Human Rights Association Maintain Immigration (KHARAM), said that the Taiwanese Government had only just made the official statement.

“Our organization announced this information in public, after this storm appeared Taiwan,” Ya Navuth said.

Relatives of the victims should contact the KHARAM organization or the Taiwanese Government, he said. There are many illegal Cambo-dian immigrants working and living in Taiwan. Most enter via Vietnam and passed to the island with an arranged marriage. There are thought to be around 5,000 illegal Cambodian workers in Taiwan, he added. “They always ask us to help them when they meet a problem.”

Cambodian vice secretary of state of Ministry of Labors Um Mean told DAP News Cambodia that the kingdom cannot do very much as the workers are in Taiwan illegally.

“Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, and Korea, all Cambodian workers are legal, but for Taiwan they are wrongdoing; some of them left by relative or business contacting,” Um Mean added. KHARAM called for all relatives of the victims to contact to get more information.

The three female victims, Khat Srey Mach was born on September 09, 1976 and hold ID passport no. 0079595, Kong Srey Mom, was born on January 18, 1977 hold ID passport no. 0219467 and the last, Mol Khmao was born on September 06, 1980, hold ID passport no. 0297387.

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