For a fee, Cambodia's surrogate mothers risk jail for couples from China

PHNOM PENH - Pregnant and scared, Yin hides in a house on the outskirts of Phnom Penh - one of an untold number of Cambodian surrogate mothers risking jail time for lucrative payouts from Chinese clients.

The end of China's one-child policy has driven desperate couples too old to bring a baby to term to poorer countries in the Mekong region, where a "womb-for-rent" industry is brushing up against legal barriers.

Cambodia banned commercial surrogacy in 2016 but still has brokers - and eligible young women - skirting the ban for a price.

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