Child Protection Unit

7 staff honoured for their work helping protect Cambodia’s vulnerable children CPU staff and international experts involved in assisting the unit have been given awards for their work in child protection and services to Cambodia. The 7 – 5 CPU staff and 2 experts – received their honours from In Bora, Deputy National Police Chief…

First of its kind initiative in Cambodia by CPU sees international experts offer murder case training for local police officers A unique Homicide Symposium organised by the Child Protection Unit (CPU) to train Cambodian police officers and prosecutors in the latest crime investigation techniques has been a huge success. The 6-day event – the first…

Task Force ECHO 19 Joint Task Force ECHO19 has been established comprising of the CPU, Ministry of Interior and Kompong Cham Police Command to investigate the horrific murders of a grandmother and her 6 year old grandchild on the 2nd of April 2019. The headless bodies of the victims were discovered in bush land on…

At about 9.30pm pm on the 17th of October, in Borribo District, Kompong Chhnang, Srey Leakhana 14yrs old and her sister Srey Meta 7yrs old were reported missing by their uncle as they had failed to return home to his premises for dinner. The two children were living with their uncle and aunt while their…

A video which was uploaded to Facebook depicting a male brutally beating a child quickly went viral on the 14th of June with the CPU being notified by several concerned FB users. As a result of the brutality of the beating, an investigation was launched in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior Anti Human Trafficking…

A Joint Task Force has been established with Prey Veng Police Command to investigate the horrific rape and murder of a little 5yr old girl. At about 10am on the 17th of April , little Chan Sreydat, 5 years old, left her home with her 2 sisters to walk approximately 150 meters to their local…

A 22-year-old male has been arrested and is to be charged with the attempted Murder of a 9yr old girl. The 9yr old female victim was located unconscious and semi-naked a short distance from her home in Mean Chey District of Phnom Penh at about 7.30pm on the 31st of October, 2017. The CPU was…

On the 27th of September at about 3 pm Him Saroth a 3yr old male was playing near his home in Sromor Commune, Cheung Prey District, Kompomg Cham Provience. At this time his mentally ill uncle had managed to free himself from the restraints that held him in his room. The boy’s uncle took possession…