Betraying asylum seekers for Chinese investment

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Sister Denise Coughlan called it the “House of Betrayal.” From the outside, there wasn’t much to see. It sat on a quiet street on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, crouching behind tangled foliage and a tall corrugated iron fence. A few years ago this inconspicuous facade concealed a sanctuary, a safe-house used by asylum seekers fleeing persecution in Iran, Afghanistan, North ...