Cambodian marriage ban over trafficking concerns

Last Updated: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:21:00 +1100

Cambodia has temporarily banned marriages between local women and South Korean men over concerns about human trafficking.

The ban comes after Cambodian police arrested a woman who allegedly trafficked 25 women from rural areas, each of whom paid money to marry South Korean men.

Bith Kimhong, head of the Anti-Human Trafficking Department says the woman had charged each woman $US100.

He says agents are banned from facilitating marriages -- and that the law requires foreigners to first talk to the parents of their future spouses.

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