Kammala wannan jumla: Mazauna yankin sun ba da rahoton cewa an fara buɗe gidajen karuwai a cikin 1985, amma sun ƙaru a cikin shekarun da suka biyo bayan
Kambodiyanci <unk> Vietnam War, a gaban Hukumar Kula da Tsarin Mulki ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a cikin dakarun wanzar da zaman lafiya na Kambodiya. Bayan yaƙin, cin hanci da rashawa na siyasa da rashin kwanciyar hankali na Svay Pak ya sa hukumomin gari suka yi wa masu gidajen karuwai fyade, yayin da ma'aikatan jima'i da kansu "suka fuskanci hare-hare, kamewa, da fyade daga sojoji masu dauke da makamai da 'yan sandan farar hula da ke aiki a ƙarƙashin kulawar gwamnati". Bugu da ƙari, manajoji a Svay Pak sun rushe dokar Kambodiya da ke buƙatar amfani da kwaroron roba 100% don gidajen karuwai, wanda ya haifar da kashi 19% na cutar HIV ga ma'aikata a shekara ta 2000. Kodayake karuwanci a Kambodiya ba doka ba ne a shekara ta 2004, wasu dalilai sun ba da gudummawa ga "" ainihin " laifi " na masana'antar.