Briton Gets 8 Years for Sexually Abusing Girls
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday convicted a British national of purchasing child prostitution and committing indecent acts against minors, sentencing him to eight years in prison and ordering him to pay a total of $5,000 in fines and compensation.
Court Charges Swiss Man for Having Sex With Boys
The Siem Reap Provincial Court on Friday charged a Swiss national with having sex with three underage boys in Siem Reap City earlier this year, according to police and anti-pedophile NGO Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE).
Swiss National Arrested for Alleged Child Molestation
Siem Reap, Cambodia – On March 13, 2015, Siem Reap provincial court charged a 32-year-old Swiss national P.R., who ran a holiday villa in Siem Reap, for sexually exploiting three underage boys aged 7, 8 and 9. The court charged P.R with Art. 42 “Sexual Intercourse with Minor under Fifteen Year”. Child protection organization APLE, […]
Note of Clarification from APLE
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – In response to the article posted in the Cambodia Daily on 7 March 2015, APLE would like to clarify some critical points. H.V. was hired at APLE in 2003 due to his experience working in child rights and protection. At this time, he had a clean criminal record and seemed ideally […]
Children Rescued from Sexual Exploitation in Orphanage
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – On March 2nd 2015, Cambodian national ‘H.V.’ was arrested on suspicion of sexually exploiting multiple boys and one girl living inside his orphanage. The arrest came as a result of a joint operation by the AHTJPU and MoSAVY, with assistance from child protection organization Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE). H.V. has […]
High-Level Workshop Deemed a Success
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – On February 26-27th, APLE Cambodia and the National Committee for Counter Trafficking hosted a workshop on ‘The Elimination of the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Deportation’. The workshop was a success, with attention being drawn to the current legal situation relevant to deportation of convicted foreign child sex offenders and the […]
Sexual Abuse Victim Speaks and Korean Man Arrested
Siem Reap, Cambodia – Today’s afternoon Siem Reap provincial court charges Korean man, 43, with Purchase of child prostitution and child pornography of three girls aged 10, 14 and 16 years old. The suspect was arrested after three girls, 10, 14 and 16 years old, had testified to the police that he had sexually abused […]
Cambodian Man Charged with Sex Abuse of Minor Girl
Sihanoukville, Cambodia – Today, a 19 year-old Cambodian man was charged with sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old girl after police gathered enough evidence against him. The investigation was assisted by child protection organization APLE and revealed that he had lured the girl to a rented house and sexually abused her. The mother of the victim […]
Former Singer Gets 7 Years for Procurement of Child Prostitution
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – In the afternoon of December 31st, Phnom Penh Court’s presiding Judge Kor Vandy sentenced a 36-year-old former singer Ou Reaksmey to 7-year imprisonment for Procurement with regard to Child Prostitution, though the second charge of Unlawful Removal with Purpose was dropped. The court also ordered Ou Reaksmey to pay 20 million […]
US Sex Offender Faces 30 Years in Jail after His Conviction in Cambodia
The Register-Guard reported yesterday that a US missionary from Coos Bay was released from a Cambodian prison and returned to the United States this week to be prosecuted for molesting an underage boy while overseas. Daniel Stephen Johnson, 36, is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in U.S. District Court in Eugene on a charge of […]