57 Stakeholders Equipped With Knowledge On Child Sexual Abuse And Exploitation
Prevention is one of the main pillars of child protection. In October 2016, 32 NGO personnel and 25 confidential informants were equipped with new knowledge on child sexual abuse and exploitation online & offline through APLE training courses. The courses focused on the new modus operandi of preferential child sex offenders in luring children for […]
Voice of Survivors Could Bring Change to The World
After going through the dark experience of sexual abuse and exploitation, most survivors disperse and there is less opportunity for them to come together. For this reason, APLE’s court support team supported by ECPAT International conducted a local consultation in Phnom Penh on 10 October 2016. The aim of this gathering was to bring survivors […]
Compensation Settlement Could Bring Partial Justice To Child Victims
Paying for the damage cannot remove the injury of sexual abuse and exploitation, but of course it may partly compensate for it. Most of the time, there are compensation orders from the courts, but the actual money that the convicted criminal pays becomes rare because they have no visible money or assets or are simply […]
Nine Underage Girls Rescued
Institutional child sexual abuse and exploitation is a continuing concern in Cambodia. The majority of residential care homes and even some churches are operating without proper and legal registration. Many suspects and perpetrators who intend to target children are likely targeting such institutions. They may apply to be volunteers or full-time staff to easily and […]
Capacity Building For Partners Really Needed
In 2016, Training of Trainers (ToT) approach is the main focus of APLE Cambodia in order to strengthen the real capacity of teachers, NGO partners and other stakeholders to better protect children. In August 2016, the training team of APLE was invited to provide a one-day training course on offline and online child sexual abuse […]
Child Group Activity Could Help Children Tackle Their Stresses
Some people might think only adults have stress. In fact, everyone experiences stress, including children. The differences are only the level of stress, how to behave, and how to release stress. To help children understand all of these, on 06 September 2016 our staff arranged a child group activity with 11 child victims of sexual […]
Deportation Increases After APLE’s Tough Advocacy
Deportation order by the judges is crucial for victims and their family members as it makes them feel more secure after the completion of the imprisonment term of the convicted. To respond to this issue, APLE’s lawyers have raised up many points to the judges during the hearing and advocated with prosecutor and general prosecutor […]
With the paedophile-hunters on the streets of Phnom Penh
For 13 years, an NGO’s investigators have tracked Western, and Chinese, men who sexually exploit Cambodian children, turning dossiers over to authorities. Now it aims to step back and help police gather evidence against suspects. IT’S MID-AFTERNOON on a Saturday and the streets of Phnom Penh resemble a failed experiment in automotive anarchy as we […]
Korean Pastor Held Over Child Prostitution
A South Korean missionary was arrested and charged yesterday by the Siem Reap Provincial Court for allegedly having sex with eight poor Cambodian girls who lived at his church in Siem Reap City, according to provincial police. He was identified as 62-year-old Chung Park, the head of a Christian church in Chung Kaosu village in […]
Siem Reap Pastor Arrested Over Multiple Sex Abuse Claims
Police in Siem Reap City have arrested a South Korean pastor accused of sexually abusing eight girls on multiple occasions over the past several years and buying them and their families off with gifts of rice, cash and motorbikes. Park Youl, 62, was arrested on Wednesday morning after being called in for questioning based on […]