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Nuth Sopheap holds up a family picture that includes her son, who was arrested last year as part of Cambodia's war on drugs. (Photo by Shaun Turton)

SHAUN TURTON and KONG META, Contributing writers

PHNOM PENH -- In the predawn darkness of Aug. 8 last year, Nuth Sopheap arrived at a police station and saw her son Minea in handcuffs. The 19-year-old would not look his mother in the eye.

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