Details Emerge of Conditions for South Koreans Trapped in Cambodian Criminal Camps
The real question is why has it taken the ROK government so long to respond to the enslavement and torture of its citizens in Cambodia?:
This photo provided by a reader shows a man whose hands are believed to be tied to an iron bed in a Cambodian criminal compound.
Lawlessness, assaults, torture and deaths are commonplace in Cambodia’s notorious criminal compounds, witnesses and their acquaintances told Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday, amid numerous reports of South Koreans being victimized by online scammers operating in the Southeast Asian country.
Testimonies have also surfaced that about one victim dies daily from torture and assaults in the Cambodian criminal camps, called “Wenchi.”
Some of the victims are sold to organized crime syndicates operating in Cambodia’s border towns, such as Poipet and Bavet, and have their organs removed when they can no longer work or have no money to extort.
According to the interviews with the witnesses who had worked for Cambodian crime rings, torture, such as pulling out fingernails or cutting off fingers, is carried out in their compounds and human trafficking, where victims are sold to other camps for money, frequently occurs. (……..)
“If victims go into debt and fail to produce a certain performance, they are forced to sell their organs. They first have their eyeballs removed because corneas are relatively easy to transplant and their unit price is quite expensive,” the witness said.
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