Mr. Sopheak said the children, aged 8 to 18, eight of them from Sokhasa and four from House for Children, were sent to another NGO, M’lup Russey, which focuses on reintegrating poor children back into their homes.
Khen Pheakdey, a project manager at M’lup Russey, said four of the 12 children were not orphans at all and had already been sent home to their parents.