Using Art to Fight Human Trafficking in Cambodia Slug: Cambodia trafficking hero Reporter: Khortieth Him Date: 01/08/2012

!"R#: Cambodia$% &rum 'nan (annak thought he )a% going to earn big mone* )orking on a "hai fi%hing baot+ n%tead he )a% beaten, tortured, %tar-ed and paid nothing+ He i% one of an e%timated 100,000 Cambodian% and .urme%e )ho are %old into %la-er* in "hailand$% fi%hing indu%tr* e-er* *ear+ "hailand i% one of the )orld$% large%t e/porter% of fi%h but it ha% a %eriou% %hortage of fi%hermen+ Human trafficker% ha-e %tepped in to fill the gap+ '% Khortieth Him report% trafficking %ur-i-or &rum 'nan (annak i% tr*ing to educate people about the human trade through art+ He )a% recentl* named a% one of the )orld$% 10 anti0trafficking heroe% b* the 1nited State%+ "23": S43 15 (annak home and famil* 6&la* and fade in7 .2D 1!D2R 880*ear old &rum 'nan (annak %mile% a% he )elcome% me into hi% one bed0room )ooden hut+ 9e )alk o-er to hi% %pecial corner, a )all co-ered )ith dra)ing%+ S435 Dra)ing picture 6&la* and fade in7 He %it% do)n and %tart% to dra)+++ a fi%hing boat )ith men carr*ing hea-* load%+ #ne of them i% (annak+ Si/ *ear% ago, after failing to find )ork in hi% -illage, he left hi% pregnant )ife and headed for the "hai0Cambodian border+ "here he met a ta/i dri-er )ho offered him a 80 1S dollar a month :ob in "hailand+++ he )a% not told )hat he )ould be doing+ (annak thought he )ould do it for t)o month% and then go home+ "hing% turned out -er* differentl*+ &R1; ('!!'K Clip 8: 6;'<2 KH;2R7 = )a% a%ked to %it and %leep in the boot of a pickup truck )ith %e-en other people+ t )a% a -er* %mall %pace+ "he* co-ered u% )ith black cloth+ 9e

changed car% three or four time% before )e reached our de%tination at night+ )a% locked in%ide a room for a night, then put onto a fi%hing boat the ne/t morning+ didn$t kno) )hat )a% happening+ )a% forced to %it in%ide a clo%ed bo/ in the boat+ 'fter 8 da*% at %ea, )a% freed )hen came out all could %ee )a% the ocean+> (annak had been %old, along )ith 18 other%, to the captain of a "hai boat+ "he* )orked there for the ne/t three *ear% ? 20 hour% a da*+ "he* )ere gi-en onl* a %mall amount of food and )ere paid nothing+ &R1; ('!!'K Clip @: 6;'<2 KH;2R7 ="he* beat and kicked u% like animal%+ Sometime% the* u%e ice block% to hit me on the head+ "he* called u% bad name% and it )a% common to hear %omeone call *ou AcraB*$+ 9ith m* o)n e*e%, %a) one man$% head get cut off and thro)n into the %ea+ "he dead bod* )a% floating in front of u%+ <ife on the boat )a% a thou%and time% more dangerou% than *ou can e-er imagine+> He roll% up the %lee-e% of hi% t0%hirt to %ho) the %car%+ "here are more on hi% back, thigh% and leg%+ &R1; ('!!'K Clip C: 6;'<2 KH;2R7 ="orture and beating% )ere common+ .ut )hat )a% mo%t afraid of )a% the %ea+ 2-ert*time a %torm came, pra*ed to m* mother and .uddha a%king for the %hip not to %ink+ )ould ha-e died if the boat %inked+> #nce at %ea, "hai fi%hing boat% often go for month%, e-en *ear%, )ithout coming into land+ .ut one da* in 200D, the %hip )a% anchored @ kilometre% off the ;ala*%ia$% coa%t+ 9hen the re%t of the cre) )ere a%leep, (annak and another Cambodian )orker :umped o-erboard and %)am to freedom+ &R1; ('!!'K Clip E: 6;'<2 KH;2R7 = )anted to be arre%ted b* the police, %o that the* could hand me o-er to the Cambodian emba%%* and go home+ didn$t )ant to %ta* and )ork in ;ala*%ia+ )anted to go home+> .ut in the police %tation, he )a% %old b* an officer to a palm0oil plantation+ 'fter %e-eral month% of forced labor in the plantation, a fight )ith another )orker landed him in police detention+ "here he )a% able to contact < C'DH#, a Cambodian human right% !F#+ &ilorge !al* i% the group$% countr* director+ +

& <#RF2 !'<G Clip 1: 642;'<2 2!F< SH7 =9e )ere able to identif* hi% location in ;ala*%ia and then )ork )ith another group out%ide Cambodia to make %ure that he )ill return to Cambodia+ 9e )orked )ith !F#% in ;ala*%ia, <# and Cambodian emba%%* in ;ala*%ia+ 9eH-e been doing thi% for *ear%+ 'nd becau%e )e al%o ha-e pro-incial office% in Cambodia, )e )ere able to a%%i%t him back to hi% -illage in &ur%at pro-ince+I 'fter four *ear% (annak finall* returned home in 2010+ 't fir%t, hi% )ife Cheng Kun did not accept him+ CH2!F K1! Clip 2: 642;'<2 Khmer7 = u%ed to cr* and mi%%ed him %o much+ .ut then he left me )ithout an* e/planation+ )a% furiou%J 9hen he fir%t came back home, didn$t allo) him to come in%ide our home+ didn$t belie-e hi% %tor*+ couldn$t accepted that he had be gone for *ear% and come back )ith no mone*J thought he might ha-e another )ife in "hailand and )a% :u%t telling me a lie+ .ut m* parent% begged me to forgi-e him, and finall* accepted him+> S435 Dra)ing picture 6&la* and fade in7 'fter returning home (annak %tarted dra)ing image% about the horror% he had e/perienced+ < C'HD# i% u%ing (annak$% dra)ing% a% part of the anti0trafficking campaign ? the la%t e/hibition )a% held on Kune thi% *ear+ ;anfred Hornung i% a legal ad-i%or )ith the group+ ;'!4R2D H#R!1!F Clip E: 6;'<2 2!F< SH7 =He$% a Cambodian, he kno)% ho) to conect )ith the Cambodian people through art%+ 'nd he ha% li-ed )hat i% %ho)n in the dra)ing% Lit$% not %econd0hand %torie%+ So thi% i% the be%t combination for telling the Cambodian people to be careful about the danger% of being trafficked through art+> &ilorge !al* < C'HD#$% countr* director admire% hi% )ork+ & <#RF2 !'<G Clip M: 642;'<2 2!F< SH7: = f *ou look clo%el* at hi% art%, e-er* image ha% %o man* detail% about )hat happened to him in the pa%t+ t$% reall* fa%cinating+ 2-er* time look at one of hi% dra)ing%, picked up %omething ne) that didn$t %ee the la%t time %a) it+> S435 Dra)ing picture 6&la* and fade in7 .ack in thi% )ooden hou%e (annak i% putting the fini%hing touch to hi% late%t dra)ing+ t %ho)% )hat dail* life )a% like on the fi%hing boat+ &R1; ('!!'K Clip D: 6;'<2 KH;2R7 = can$t %top people from migrating, but can onl* offer ad-ice+ Gou mu%t be prepared and find out about the )orking condition% *ou are going into and )hether it$% legal or illegal+ think %ta*ing and )orking in our home countr* i% much better

than migrating+ al%o )ant the go-ernment to take action% again%t the illegal broker% e%peciall* tho%e )orking on the border+> 4or '%ia Calling, thi% %tor* )a% produced b* Khortieth Him in &ur%at pro-ince, !orth Cambodia+