Cambodian Boy Discloses Sexual Abuse Perpetrated by U.S. Citizen; Offender Charged.

Siem Reap: On 18th of July, 2019, the Siem Reap provincial court charged a U.S. Citizen from Massachusetts, aged 56, with the alleged acts of purchasing child prostitution, child pornography and rape under the law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation. Following disclosure of sexual abuse by a 16 year-old boy, The Siem […]

APLE Sets Child Friendly Room up in the Kampot Provincial Police Station.

Kampot: On 31st of May, 2019, Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE Cambodia), with the financial support of Terre des Hommes Netherlands (TdHNL), celebrated the launching of a child-friendly interview room within the Anti- Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Unit in the Kampot Provincial Police Commissariat.  The establishment of this room aims to ease the process […]

4 Underage Girls Disclosed Sexual Abuse; Offender Charged

Phnom Penh: On 22nd of May  2019, The Siem Reap provincial court charged one U.S. American national from Florida, aged 38, with the crime of Indecent Act against a Minor under Fifteen Years under the Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation. After four underage girls (aged 12-15) disclosed the abuse, the police, […]

APLE Conducts Workshop on Child-Friendly Practices in Justice Proceedings — Ensuring the Well-Being of Child Victims of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation.

Phnom Penh: On 28th of March, 2019, APLE, with support of Bread for The World and Terre des Hommes Netherlands, in partnership with Liberty Shared and the Cambodian National Police, delivered a workshop named “Child Friendly Practice in Justice Proceedings to Protect Child Victims and Witnesses of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation”. The event, carried out […]

13 year old Girl Rescued from Child Sexual Exploitation, Procuresses Arrested

Phnom Penh: On February 19th of 2019, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged two Cambodian women aged 37 and 45 years old with aggravated procurement of child prostitution as mandated in the Art.27 of Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation and Art.288 of the Criminal Code of The Kingdom of Cambodia). The […]

Boys Rescued, British Teacher Charged for Child Sex Crime in Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – November 29, 2018 Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged a 57-year-old British citizen with Article 43 of the Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation, related to Indecent Act involving four boys aged between 9 and 14 years.  On November 25, the Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Department arrested the […]

Korean Child Sex Offender Reduced to 12 Years Sentence

Phnom Penh – On 27 August 2018, Appeal Court pronounced a verdict finding a 63-year-old Korean man Mr. Park Youl guilty of “purchase of child prostitution” while another offence “sexual intercourse with minors under fifteen years” was dropped. Park was reduced the sentence from 14 years to 12 years imprisonment and ordered to pay a […]

Convicted American Child Sex Offender Sentenced to 3 Year Imprisonment in Battambang

On 28th of May, Battambang provincial court pronounced a verdict finding American convicted child sex offender Robert James Boehnlein, 66, guilty of Aggravating Circumstance of Indecent Assault of Criminal Code and sentenced him to 3-year imprisonment, the offence he committed against a five-year-old girl who was a daughter of his girlfriend.  The court gave him […]

22 Boys Rescued from Sexual Exploitation; Abuser Sentenced to 5 Year Imprisonment

Siem Reap: On 25th of April, 2018, the Siem Reap provincial court pronounced a verdict finding Dutchman Sarot Evrard Nicolas, aged 54, guilty of producing child pornography under the Article 41 of the Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation, and sentenced him to 5 years of imprisonment. The court also ordered him […]

Cambodian-American Sentenced To 7 Year Imprisonment After Sexually Abusing 17 Underage Boys

Phnom Penh: On 29th of March, Takeo Provincial Court pronounced a verdict finding a Cambodian-American man, Tan Saravuth, 48, guilty of Purchase of Child Prostitution under Article 34 of the Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation (LSHTSE) and sentenced him to a 7-year imprisonment. The court also ordered him to pay a […]