Employees of Australian woman charged with breaking surrogacy ban in Cambodia arrive for questioning

Record ID: 78064

  • Title: Employees of Australian woman charged with breaking surrogacy ban in Cambodia arrive for questioning
  • Date: 21st November 2016
  • Summary: PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (NOVEMBER 21, 2016) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF PHNOM PENH COURT BUILDING CAMBODIAN NATIONAL FLAG FLYING OUTSIDE COURT BUILDING POLICE VAN CARRYING TWO CAMBODIANS SUSPECTED OF BEING INVOLVED IN BANNED SURROGACY SERVICES, NURSE SAMBATH CHAKRIYA AND COMMERCE MINISTRY OFFICIAL PICH RITHY, DRIVING INTO COURT ENTRANCE MEDIA WAITING BY COURT BUILDING GATE POLICE VAN CARRYING TWO CAMBODIAN SUSPECTS DRIVING PAST ON THE WAY BACK TO PRISON
  • Embargoed: 6th December 2016 06:49
  • Keywords: Cambodia surrogacy law Australian Tammy Davis-Charles court questioning
  • Location: PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
  • City: PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
  • Country: Cambodia
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA00159DZLFP
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Two Cambodians arrived at a court in capital Phnom Penh on Monday (November 21) after being charged with their alleged involvement in providing illegal surrogacy services.
    Cambodian nurse Sambath Chariya and Commerce Ministry Official Pich Rithy were arrested last Friday (November 18) along with their Australian employer, Tammy Davis-Lee, local media reported.
    The trio are the first to be charged over commercial surrogacy involvement in the country since a ban on the practice was instated in October.
    Davis-Lee, the owner of the fertility clinic allegedly used to provide the services, was not with her two employees during questioning on Monday.
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