Sep 2002Shocking and heart-rending secret footage takes us into the heart of Cambodia's child sex trade. We see girls as young as ten offered for sex, and uncover a web of corruption that shows little remorse.Chanting 'yum yum', the slang for oral sex, girls clamour for attention in a back streets brothel. They are ten years old. "Cambodian men believe that having sex with virgins boosts their sexual appetite, their strength, their integrity," explains Mu Sochua, Minister for Women's Affairs. Sunremita was tricked by her mother into prostitution to make money for her sick relatives. But the proliferation of child prostitutes is down to more than just poverty -- rife corruption also compounds the problem. In Svey Pak, police storm a brothel. A few girls are collected, but pimps and owners are left in peace. "For every single hour that [the brothels] operate the police are paid to let them," states Sochua. Even when paedophiles are arrested, it seems easy to escape justice. Photos of padlocks locked around the genitals of a 13-year old boy clearly show sexual abuse. But the French national accused walked away from court free, despite photos and the testimony of ten boys. Pol Pot tried deliberately to destroy the family; greed and corruption will hopefully not finish the job.Produced by ABC AustraliaDistributed by Journeyman Pictures
Trans 4:23:02 I would like to caution/remind all the little and bigger sisters to not follow my wrong path. Listen and don't believe or go with strangers. Please be careful/look after yourselves.24:01 The girls sing something along the line: "I have yet known the feelings of love, but..."
Zhyyool(May 26, 2009 at 12:04 am)
Trans3 (cont.): He pulled my pants/opened my pants and used his [toy?] to play with my butt.2nd boy: He uses his hand to play and stroke us.22:02 I'm mad at myself, I never learned to read or write. And I have no close relatives and I am too ashamed to look people in the face because they know I have this disease (AIDS). When you had money, you were really happy, but when you get sick, you're a burden to yourself- all of the neighbors are disgusted and hate you.
Zhyyool(May 25, 2009 at 11:44 pm)
Trans 3:16:55 1st boy: At night when I go to sleep with my friends, he comes in wearing short [OR] makes me wear shorts. He searches in my pants and strokes my (pubic) hair for an half hour before he leaves. I thought it was nothing [or] I'll be alright. Then, 2 or 3 days later, he told me to come sleep in his room again, so I asked my friend to come along with me. When we entered, he made me sleep in the middle, but I was afraid that he would touch/stroke me again so I slept at the side.
Zhyyool(May 25, 2009 at 11:02 pm)
Trans 2:9:12 I never thought of holding a grugde against my mother. Our family is poor, Uncle (general repectful term adressed to the interviewer) and we can barely afford rent. She loved her husand (her step dad) more than me, so that's why she did that to me. I never habored any grudges or feelings of hatered against her.9:53 A woman shouts out mockingly in Khmer, "Oh, she's crying!" Earlier (not too sure) in Vietnamese "you're still not listening/obey...from yesterday. Trying to rebel?"
Zhyyool(May 25, 2009 at 10:48 pm)
Trans 1:3:18 They are referring to "yam yam" (baby term for "eat")&eat ice cream as oral sex.6:00 Basic summary of the women talking: I'm of course upset and unhappy, I gave birth to her. I wanted her to grow up and marry properly. But what can be done when we've fallen into this situation? I'm sadden and heartbroken.
IHyRaXI(May 25, 2009 at 2:30 pm)
i think i hard them speaking vietnamese, stupid fucking gooks get out of cambodia go back to fucking gook land stop using our poeople to make money
terriblyindecisive(May 25, 2009 at 4:18 am)
2:58 Oh. My. God.
adrehybrid(May 24, 2009 at 10:53 am)
This is all your shit you cambodian, dont throw your shit to Thailand !!!
papalolita(May 23, 2009 at 12:51 pm)
Don't blame the pedophiles. Blame the Cambodian government for charging tourists exhorbitant Angkor Wat entrance fees, but spending next to nothing to improve the lives of Cambodians or on their children's education.So, sell the excess children for prostitution, or starve.
khmaiwonderer(May 23, 2009 at 12:27 pm)
they're speaking viet at 3:58
beancube2008(May 21, 2009 at 2:20 am)
Debts are the main resources in developed countries as well after the Tsunami of econ crash. Non-profit organizations with technologies are the only solution if governments know how to use it.