The interpreter was a Cambodian woman who had married a local man. She told me that it was not good to marry a local Chinese man. She knew I was against the arranged marriage. Before I went to the marriage registration office, the broker threatened me by saying that if I didn’t say ‘yes’ I would have to refund all the money spent on my trip to and stay in China. There were 15 people at the registration office that day. The interpreter spoke Chinese, Khmer and Vietnamese. She did not report my case to the Civil Affairs office and just followed the normal procedures of stamping and signing my marriage certificate.
Narrative provided by UN-ACT report Human Trafficking Vulnerabilities in Asia
