00:00The job is locked, but she will be a surrogate mother.
00:05This is what the 20 Filipinos who were arrested by the authorities in Cambodia.
00:09Mark Salazar has the report.
00:15The 20 Filipinos who were arrested by the police in Cambodia in September have not yet returned home.
00:2113 of them are pregnant, according to the DFA.
00:2413 of them are still in the hospital because they are surrogates.
00:28That will be their role.
00:30We are the only surrogates.
00:31Surrogacy happens when a woman is hired to give birth to another woman's child.
00:37The fertilized egg is injected to the surrogate mother from another person.
00:42Commercial surrogacy is legal in many countries.
00:46This is done to help spouses or partners who have problems giving birth.
00:52But this is prohibited in Cambodia.
00:54According to the Philippine Embassy in Cambodia,
00:57Filipinos are recruited online by a person who knows their identity and nationality.
01:03According to the Bureau of Immigration,
01:05Cambodia is one of the countries that are closely monitored when it comes to human trafficking.
01:11The PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group has not yet monitored an online recruitment targeting surrogate mothers.
01:18That is why the DFA is forcing surrogates to work online so that they can give birth.
01:24Please, before you go to our countrymen to work,
01:30you will go through the official process.
01:34It is important, there is protection for you.
01:36Mark Salazar, reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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