PHNOM PENH, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The British Embassies in Cambodia and Thailand will collaborate with Microsoft Corporation to hold a workshop on tackling the sexual exploitation and abuse of children in Asia, a press release said here Thursday.

    Fifty-four police officers, lawyers, judges and NGO workers from the three key sectors of law enforcement, the judiciary and civil society will receive training from British experts in Bangkok from March 26 to April 6, said the press release issued by the British Embassy in Cambodia.

    The two-week workshop will instruct participants about the techniques used by pedophiles to target victims through the Internet, and offer practical advice on how to combat this, it said, adding that the workshop will also broaden international cooperation, aid capacity building and information sharing within and between the countries of the region.

    The workshop is jointly funded by the British Embassies in Phnom Penh and Bangkok, and Microsoft Corporation, the press release said.

    Participants from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam have been invited to attend, it added.

    This regional workshop is part of an ongoing commitment by the British government to work with a wide range of partners to combat child sex abuse through the world, it said.