If you have been sexually assaulted please contact British Embassy Phnom Penh.  You should also tell the local police as soon as you can and insist on a police report [PDF, 34 KB].  We take any report of rape or sexual assault seriously and will offer you support as soon as possible and in privacy. We aim to be polite, patient, sensitive and non-judgmental.

In most cases of rape and sexual assault, the victims, no matter what their sex, prefer to talk about their ordeal with women. If that is what you want, we will do our best to make sure that a female officer is present at any meeting.

What we can do to help:

• advise you about local police and legal procedures and accompany you to the local police station
• provide a list of local lawyers and interpreters
• help you to arrange a medical examination where possible with a female doctor
• contact relatives or friends if you want us to
• provide information on what professional help is available locally and back in the UK

Whether you take legal action after an attack is entirely your decision. But please remember, if you change your mind later forensic and other evidence may be lost.