Morang youths cheated by traffickers in Cambodia, lose millions

Victims lured with promises of easy work forced into hard labour.

Ganesh Khawas (Tharu) of ward 7 in Dhanpalthan Rural Municipality travelled to Cambodia last year on a visit visa after paying traffickers Rs450,000, who promised easy work in a juice or shoe factory. On arrival, he discovered no such jobs existed. Instead, he was forced into hard physical labour, including carrying sand along the coast and working at construction sites.