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 […]
Pastor in Siem Reap arrested over child sex abuse
A South Korean national who was the pastor of two churches in Siem Reap town was arrested yesterday after police received a tip-off that he had allegedly been sexually abusing children for “many years”, authorities said. According to Duong Thavery, provincial chief of anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection police, suspect Park Youl had been living […]
APLEβs Received Tip-off Leads To An Arrest Of A Korean National
Siem Reap – On 20 October 2016, a total of nine victims are rescued from sexual abuse be exploitation after one of them came forward to disclose abuse to Siem Reap Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Unit via APLE social work team. The disclosure of all victims confirmed that they had been sexually abused by […]
Appeal Courtβs Decision Upholds the Verdict Against a Canadian
Phnom Penh – On 5 October 2016, the Appeal Court pronounced a verdict against a 72-year-old Canadian national, Pierre Deslauriers, by upholding the Siem Reap Provincial Court’s decision in which he was sentenced to 7 years in jail, ordered to pay 10 million Riel to four civil plaintiffs, ordered his deportation and banned from entering […]
Expert Roundtable Meeting On βTackling Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Towards a Safer Internet Environment,β Phnom Penh, 14 September 2016
Phnom Penh β On 14 September 2016, APLE Cambodia in collaboration with INHOPE Foundation organized an Expert Roundtable Meeting on Tackling Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Towards a Safer Internet Environment, bringing together 60 national and international participants. Our main objectives were to better understand the problem of online child sexual exploitation and abuse […]
Family Discussion Allows Civil Plaintiffs To Share, Learn And Expect
On 26 August 2016, family discussion on βExperience-Sharing of Civil Plaintiffsβ was conducted in Eden Park Restaurant by APLE and supported by the German Embassy. The main purpose of the discussion was to strengthen legal mechanisms through knowledge-sharing and support to their families to increase trust in judicial system. There were 10 civil plaintiffs attending […]
With Policeβs Timely Response, Two Underage Boys Are Safeguarded
In an event when police acted swiftly after a tip off from APLE Cambodia, two boys were safeguarded. Both, aged 12 and 14, were brought from the Northwest province of Cambodia to Phnom Penh by the foreign suspect after their families had developed a relationship with him. To gain close access to the boys, the […]
New Hotline Aims to Fight Growing Online Child Sex Abuse
An internet hotline aimed at combating online child sexual exploitation and abuse, which experts say are on the rise in Cambodia, was officially launched on Wednesday at an event in Phnom Penh—almost a year after it first went live. The website—internethotlinecambodia.org—is run by anti-pedophile NGO Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE) with support from the InHope […]
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