PHNOM PENH, Sept 2 (Bernama): The National Police of Cambodia has set up a special hotline for the public to report alleged illegal detention in the country,
People across the country can call Hotline 117, which availablle in Vietnamese, English and Chinese languages, to report relevant cases as part of the efforts to combat all forms of human trafficking and illegal detention, Vietnam news agency (VNA) reported.
Hotline 117 is located at the command centre of the General Commission of the National Police which is set to respond immediately when receiving reports of illegal detention, torture and those seeking assistance from the National Police, it added.
Calls to the hotline are free of charge and they can still be made even of the mobile subscribers credit balance on their mobile phones is zero.
Human trafficking and forced labour are increasingly complicated in Cambodia.
As of Aug 20, Cambodian authorities had detected 87 cases of human trafficking, rescued 865 foreign victims and arrested more than 60 suspects. In the last week of this month, the authorities had also cracked down seven cases, rescued 25 foreign victims, and arrested 23 foreign suspects. - Bernama
