Thirteen Filipino women were meted a four-year sentence, eventually reduced to two, in Cambodia for violating the surrogacy ban in the country, according to the Philippine Embassy in Phnom Penh.
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In a statement, the embassy confirmed the verdict noting that 13 have been detained since Sept. 23 at a designated medical facility in Cambodia.
They were tried by a Cambodian court from Nov. 28 to 29 for their participation in a surrogacy scheme and were found guilty of violating Cambodia’s 2008 Law on the Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation by the Kandal Provincial Court on Dec. 2.
