The Philippine government is continuing efforts to seek pardon from the King of Cambodia for 13 pregnant Filipinas jailed in the Southeast Asian country for illegally acting as surrogate mothers.
The DFA said the Philippine Embassy in Phnom Penh “continues to coordinate with Cambodian authorities on the matter.” The court had said it had strong evidence showing that the 13 “have the intention… to have babies to sell to a third person in exchange for money, which is an act of human trafficking”. They were sentenced to four years in jail in Cambodia.
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