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00:00The recruiter of 20 Filipinas was brought to Cambodia to be a surrogate mother even though surrogacy is prohibited in Cambodia.
00:0913 of them are staying in the hospital because they are pregnant.
00:14Mark Salazar is a witness.
00:19After September, the Philippine embassy in Cambodia released a report on the recruitment mode for surrogate mothers there.
00:29The woman will be of great importance in social media.
00:33The trip to Cambodia, where the procedure will be done, is also free.
00:38It is a different trip to another country to give birth there.
00:41Since 2016, surrogacy is prohibited in Cambodia, where the surrogate mother gives birth to another woman.
00:50And some couples have a hard time giving birth so that they can have children.
00:56The embassy confirmed that 20 Filipinas were rescued by the Cambodian National Police last month after they became surrogate mothers.
01:05The identity of the recruiter is not yet known, as well as where he came from.
01:11It is said that this recruiter's name is possibly Peke and the trip of the women was arranged in a Southeast Asian country.
01:19But in the end, they landed in Cambodia.
01:22The problem, according to our embassy, is the agency.
01:27We might not even know the physical address of this embassy because they all contacted via social media.
01:37Via email, Facebook.
01:39The return to their country is being processed according to the Inter-Agency Task Force Against Human Trafficking.
01:46Those 70, they are not yet home because 13 of them are still in the hospital.
01:54Because they are surrogate mothers.
01:56That will be their role.
01:57In Cambodia, they are doing different things.
02:00They are trafficked.
02:02We just heard about the surrogate.
02:04Actually, yes.
02:06It's possible, it's happening in other countries too.
02:09Cambodia and Karatig Bansa are among the most monitored by the Bureau of Immigration when it comes to human trafficking.
02:16The challenge is that some go to other countries, not their final destination.
02:22But when they present their ticket, it's a certain country, but they will go transit to the final destination.
02:31Even the PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group has not monitored online recruitment targeting surrogate mothers.
02:38According to the DFA, the surrogate mothers are being recruited online for normal jobs so that they can have a livelihood.
02:45Please, before you go to your countrymen to work, you will go through the official process.
02:55Of course, there are payments, there are hassles.
02:58But it's important, there is protection for you.
03:00For GEME Integrated News, Mark Salazar, your witness.
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