
Recently, there was report on the detention at Prey Speu Center of four AIDS-infected female entertainment service workers needing medicine for treatment. Amongst the four, one who just gave birth through caesarean section about 26 days ago, needed treatment for both herself and her baby. Concerning the above-mentioned matter, His Excellency Dr. Tea Phalla, Deputy Chair of the National AIDS Authority, in collaboration with Mrs. Kev Tha, coordinator of the WNU (Women Network for Unity), conducted a fact-finding mission and found that:
1. Up until February 1, there were 18 female entertainment service workers at Prey Speu Center, and amongst them only nine having children under one year old with them.
2. Four of those women mentioned they were pregnant.
3. Over the past one month, only one female sex worker used to undergo appendix surgery and hysterectomy was already freed on bail on January 29, 2016.
The National AIDS Authority continues to negotiate with ministries concerned for the release on bail of those living with AIDS.