California Man Convicted for Sex Crimes in Cambodia
Seven years after Ronald Boyajian was arrested in Phnom Penh’s notorious Svay Pak commune on suspicion of paying for sex with young girls, a jury in Los Angeles on Monday found him guilty as charged. Mr. Boyajian, 55, was returned to the U.S. in August 2009, seven months after his arrest as part of “Operation […]
US man found guilty of child abuse in Kingdom
A US federal court has found American Ronald Boyajian guilty of sexually assaulting minors in Cambodia, according to local media reports. Boyajian, convicted on Monday by a US district court in California, was one of three Americans extradited from the Kingdom in 2009 as part of the US government’s “Operation Twisted Traveler”, which targeted US […]
Man convicted in Cambodian sex tourism case
A onetime Southern California resident was found guilty Monday of traveling repeatedly to Cambodia to sexually assault impoverished children, four of whom testified to grueling sexual attacks that had jurors blinking back tears. Delays kept the case against Ronald “John” Gerard Boyajian at a stalemate for seven years prior to the start of the month-long […]
APLE Cambodia Wins Appreciation Trophy
Samdech Kralahorm Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Presented the Appreciation Trophy to Mr. Seila Samleang, Executive Director of APLE Cambodia, for the organization's long-standing support of the work of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT), Phnom Penh, 25 February 2016.
Court Convicts Mexican Man of Sexual Abuse of Girls
The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court on Thursday convicted Bernardo Paez, a 60-year-old Mexican schoolteacher, of sexually abusing two girls, aged 12 and 16, and ordered him deported after serving a year in prison. “The court decided to sentence him to two years, but ordered him to serve a jail term of only one year,” deputy […]
German Accused of Child Sex Abuse Bemoans Treatment
The trial of a German expatriate accused of sexually abusing five young boys at his Phnom Penh home concluded at the municipal court on Thursday with the defendant claiming that he had been “treated like a dog” over the course of his prosecution. Udo Sabiniewicz, 56, was arrested in June at his FX Animation dubbing […]
Mexican Teacher Convicted for Child Sex Abuse
A 60-year-old Mexican, Pina Paez Bernado, was sentenced to two-year imprisonment with a one-year suspension for sexually abusing two girls aged 12 and 16 years old. The Sihanouk provincial court also ordered him to pay 10 million riel compensation to 2 plaintiffs, and ordered his deportation after completing his sentence. With assistance from APLE Cambodia, […]
Grant Agreement for the Court Support Project Signed
Phnom Penh – Today, 17 February 2016, APLE Cambodia and the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs through the German Embassy to Cambodia, signed a grant agreement of 55,000 euro (approx. 59,560 USD), contributing to the “Court Support Project” to be implemented by APLE Cambodia for the period of […]
Lenient Sentence for Sexual Crimes against Eleven Children
Phnom Penh – On 10 February 2016, the former director of Our Home orphanage, Mr. Hang Vibol, was convicted for Indecent Assault with Aggravating Circumstances against eleven children aged between 6 to 17. Vibol was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, and ordered to pay 30 million riel (approx. 7,500 USD) compensation to five victims and […]
Orphanage Head Convicted of Child Sex Abuse
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday sentenced Hang Vibol, the former director of anti-pedophile NGO Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE), to three years in prison for abusing 11 victims under his care at the Phnom Penh orphanage he founded in 1999. In the courtroom Wednesday afternoon, Presiding Judge Kim Rathnarin announced that Mr. Vibol […]