Members of the Cambodian Domestic Workers’ Network

Two weeks ago today, 17-year-old Phally stepped off a bus from Phnom Penh, walked to the statue of Ta Dambong in Battambang town, and broke down. After near-daily abuse, she and another domestic worker had managed to stage an escape from the tycoon’s villa that had served as their prison for 10 years.

The case of two teenagers who fled – covered in scars and bruises – the mansion of tycoon Veng Lyphytech was extreme. But, noted social workers, it is hardly unique.

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Source: (The Phnom Penh Post – March 10. 2013)