APLE Applauds the Appeal Court’s Verdict for Child Rapist

Phnom Penh – Yesterday, Ros Chea, a child rapist who was arrested in 2012 after raping a 10-year old girl, heard the Appeal Court uphold the earlier sentence of the Municipal Court. Ros Chea had been sentenced to ten years imprisonment and was ordered to pay 12 million riel compensation to a civil plaintiff. Ros […]

Woman Arrested for Pimping Teenage Girls to Foreigners, Locals

By Aun Pheap and Chris Mueller | June 24, 2015 A woman was arrested in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district on Monday for allegedly pimping out at least seven underage girls to Cambodian and foreign men, police and an NGO said Tuesday. Police from the municipal anti-human trafficking bureau apprehended Sok Him, 37, as she […]

Former Child Victim Informs NGO about Sexual Exploitation of Young Females

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – A former child victim’s brave report to child protection organization APLE about alleged sexual exploitation of minors and adults led to a successful police operation on Monday. The suspect, a 37- year-old female called H.S. was arrested by AHTJP police when she tried to bring two young females, aged 17 and […]

Mothers’ Complaints Lead to Arrest of Mexican and German

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – A rapid response from the Chbar Ampov district police and AHTJP police resulted in the arrest of a 56-year-old German national on Tuesday. After an initial complaint filed by the mother of a victim aged 9, police investigation, with the assistance of child protection organization APLE Cambodia, revealed five more victims. […]

Report on Investigations of Child Sexual Abuse Cases by APLE

Non-Deportation and Lenient Sentence for Child Sex Offender Causes Outrage

Phnom Penh – The impending release of child sex offender and NGO director Philippe Broaly has caused outrage among seventeen child protection NGOs. Last month, Broaly, a French national, was convicted for sexual crimes against five boys over an extended period. However, he was only sentenced to 14 months imprisonment, 5.5 months of which were […]

Cable shows cartel’s reach

A sex-trafficking network that included “high-ranking” government officials and had infiltrated Cambodian law enforcement agencies and NGOs for years worked to cover up Vietnamese sex rings and collect payoffs from illegal prostitution establishments in Phnom Penh. However, four years after a court finally convicted the police official at the network’s head, the same man still […]

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Australian Primary School Teacher Convicted for Child Sex Offenses

Phnom Penh, a 52-year-old Australian primary school teacher, George Moussallie, was sentenced to five years imprisonment for sexually abusing 6 underage boys, aged 3 to 13 years old. The court also ordered George Moussallie to pay 10 million riel compensation to 2 plaintiffs, a 5 million riel fine, and ordered his deportation upon the completion […]