https://www.scmp.com/rss/513909/feed Tuy Engly (Sakura) is a freelance journalist based in Phnom Penh and covers social, gender and environment issues. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Online loan sharks are targeting Cambodian women desperate to keep their businesses afloat and families fed, victims say, charging illegal interest rates of up to 80 per cent a month to borrow a few hundred dollars – and then demanding nude images as collateral. Vanna, a mother of three, lost her savings during the coronavirus pandemic trying to service pre-existing loans she took out to open her restaurant in southern Kampot. Drowning in debt and with her restaurant closed, the 37-year-old was... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3195972/cambodian-women-become-targets-online-loan-sharks-who-demand-nude?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3195972/cambodian-women-become-targets-online-loan-sharks-who-demand-nude?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Oct 2022 00:30:09 +0000