Cambodia’s surrogate mothers go free after agreeing to raise Chinese children but some see it as a mixed blessing

PHNOM PENH (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Sophea was eight months pregnant when Cambodian police told her she would have to keep the baby that was never meant to be hers – and forfeit the US$10,000 (RM41,805) she was promised for acting as a surrogate for a Chinese couple.

Cambodia banned commercial surrogacy in 2016, and police in June raided two flats where Sophea and 31 other surrogate mothers were being cared for in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh.