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A 9-year-old former domestic worker who was relocated to a shelter in Phnom Penh yesterday displays wounds allegedly inflicted by her employers.
A 9-year-old former domestic worker who was relocated to a shelter in Phnom Penh yesterday displays wounds allegedly inflicted by her employers.
via CAAI
Wednesday, 20 October 2010 22:22 Brooke Lewis and Mom Kunthear
A 9-year-old girl who was allegedly tortured while working as a housemaid for a family in Pursat province has been moved to a shelter in Phnom Penh, with officials saying her former employers were unlikely to face charges.
Chrin Sothy, communications coordinator at the NGO Hagar International, said the girl – who had been sheltered in an orphanage in Pursat’s Krakor district since Saturday, when she reportedly fled the Anlong Thnout commune home where she had been living and working – had arrived at the organisation’s Phnom Penh shelter on Wednesday morning.
“She seems fine, but we noticed she has some scars on her face, her hand and her back,” he said, and added that she would “for sure” need medical treatment for her wounds.
He said the girl was expected to stay at the shelter indefinitely, and that she would receive counseling and education.
“We are committed to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes to restore her broken life,” he said....
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