Author: APLE Cambodia

APLE Cambodia Looks Forward As a Winner of Stars Impact Award 2015

"It was a wonderful week and I felt privileged to have interactions with a lot of people who do care and inspire. I found the capacity building meeting to be a worthwhile experience to learn of so many best practices of the other awards winners and I’m convinced most of these can be replicated in […]

APLE Cambodia Looks Forward As a Winner of Stars Impact Award 2015

Executive Director’s Impression of the Awards Week It was a wonderful week and I felt privileged to have interactions with a lot of people who do care and inspire. I found the capacity building meeting to be a worthwhile experience to learn of so many best practices of the other awards winners and I’m convinced […]

Institution-based sex crimes raise concerns

Institution-based sex crimes against children and the threat of online pedophiles are a “growing concern” in Cambodia, child protection organisation APLE said in its annual report yesterday. “Over the past few years, we have observed more institution-based abuse in orphanages and schools,” said Seila Samleang, the executive director of APLE Cambodia. Religious institutions have also […]

Dutch Pedophile Placed on Interpol Wanted List

by Taylor O'Connell | January 30, 2016 Interpol has issued a Red Notice for Dutch pedophile Pieter Ceulen, who went missing around the time he was sentenced to 19 years in prison in Belgium last week for sexually abusing and making pornography with young Cambodian children, including his own adopted daughters. And while a Belgian […]

Alleged Child Rapist Out On Bail Less Than a Year After Arrest

In March 2015, Swiss expatriate Pirmin Ramel was arrested in Siem Reap and charged with allegedly having sex with three boys, aged seven, eight, and nine years old. Now, 10 months later although Mr. Ramel’s verdict is still pending, he has been released on bail indefinitely while the investigation into his case continues. Mr. Ramel, […]

Belgian Pedophile Who Abused Cambodian Children Missing

by Taylor O'Connell and Buth Kimsay | January 23, 2016 A man convicted in Belgium of making child pornography, including some with his adopted Cam­bodian children, is missing after being sentenced to 19 years in pris­on this week, according to anti-pedophile NGO Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE) and a Belgian news outlet. Pieter Ceulen, 60, […]

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ដោយយោងទៅតាមរបាយការណ៍របស់អង្គការសកម្មភាពដើម្បីកុមារ (APLE) បានឲ្យដឹងថា នៅឆ្នាំ ២០១៤ ការសង្រ្គោះកុមារ កម្ពុជាពីការរំលោភសេពសន្ថវៈ មាន៣៧ករណី កុមាររងគ្រោះចំនួន៥៨នាក់ ចាប់ខ្លួនជនសង្ស័យបាន២៣នាក់ និង ផ្តន្ទាទោស ចំនួន២៧នាក់។ នៅឆ្នាំ ២០១៥៖ សង្រ្គោះកុមារមាន១៩ករណី កុមាររងគ្រោះចំនួន៧៩នាក់ ចាប់ខ្លួនជនសង្ស័យបាន២១នាក់ និង ផ្តន្ទាទោសចំនួន២៤នាក់។ ក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០១៦ មាន១ករណី កុមាររងគ្រោះមាន១នាក់ ខណៈដែលខេត្តសៀមរាបពុំមាន ករណីនេះឡើយ។ ដោយសង្កេតឃើញករណីនៃការរំលោភសេពសន្ថវៈលើកុមារ នៅតែកើតមាននោះ ដូច្នេះហើយទើប កម្មវិធីសន្ទនាមតិ បានលើកយកប្រធានបទស្តីពី «ប្រសិទ្ធភាពការទប់ស្កាត់ការរំលោភសេពសន្ទវៈលើកុមារីនឹងកុមារា» មកធ្វើការពិភាក្សា។ លោក ណេង វណ្ណៈ មន្ត្រីទំនាក់ទំនងសាធារណៈនៃអង្គការសកម្មភាពដើម្បីកុមារ (APLE) បានលើកឡើងថា ប្រសិនបើ ប្រៀបធៀបទៅនឹងឆ្នាំកន្លងទៅការទប់ស្កាត់និងអន្តរាគមន៍ការរំលោភសេពសន្ថវៈមានការរីកចម្រើនខ្លាំងគួរឲ្យកត់សម្គាល់ តែទោះជាយ៉ាងណាក៏នៅតែមានភាពចន្លោះប្រហោងនៅឡើយ។ លោក ណេង វណ្ណៈ បន្តថាដើម្បីឲ្យការទប់ស្កាត់កាន់តែមានប្រសិទ្ធភាព លោកសូមឲ្យសមត្ថកិច្ចពង្រឹងនិងបន្តផែនការ សកម្មភាពជាតិរបស់គណៈកម្មការជាតិប្រឆាំងនឹងការជួញដូរមនុស្សសម្រាប់ឆ្នាំ២០១៤-២០១៨ និងលើកទឹកចិត្តឲ្យអាជ្ញាធរ ពង្រឹងសមត្ថភាពរបស់ខ្លួនដោយសហការជាមួយអង្គការនានា ហើយមិនតែប៉ុណ្ណោះរដ្ឋាភិបាលគួរតែមានថវិកាគាំទ្រផ្នែកនេះ ឲ្យបានគ្រប់គ្រាន់ក្នុងការអភិវឌ្ឍផែនការបន្ត។ លោក ណេង វណ្ណៈ សំណូមពរឲ្យអាជ្ញាធរពាក់ព័ន្ធទាំងអស់ចូលរួមសហការជាមួយបណ្ដាអង្គការនានា […]

APLE In Action

Belgium Television, VRT, broadcast a documentary on child sex tourism and the protection system in Cambodia, featuring some of the good work done by child protection NGO, APLE Cambodia and other counterparts. Watch this video, click http://deredactie.be/…/videozone/programmas/panorama/2.42588. The segment about APLE Cambodia is at 19:08mn.

Child Abuse Trial of Anti-Pedophile Group’s Founder Continues

by Khuon Narim | January 9, 2016   The closed-door trial of a former anti-pedophile campaigner, who stands accused of sexually abusing 11 boys himself, continued in Phnom Penh on Friday with testimony from eight of the defendant’s alleged victims, according to the man’s lawyer. Hang Vibol, who was a director of Action Pour les […]

British child sex suspect aged 76 pictured strolling with two boys in Cambodia

Roy Sheppard, from Leeds, can be seen holding the boy by his arm as another youngster walks with them in city of Siem Reap. A British man facing child sex abuse charges strolls through a notorious urban district in Cambodia with two boys in a chilling scene, the Sunday People can reveal. The younger of […]