Supreme Court Upholds Sentence of Austrian Pedophile
Yesterday, the Supreme Court upheld the verdict against Austrian national Olaf Achleitner, who was convicted in 2008 for having sexual intercourse with two 14-year-old boys. He was sentenced by Phnom Penh Municipal Court to ten years in prison and ordered to pay four million riels to each of his victims as compensation. The verdict was […]
10 Year inprisonment upheld for child traffickers
This morning, the Appeal Court upheld a 10-year imprisonment sentence against Cambodian national Hou Ngoy, convicted in 2009 as an accomplice of American national R.B. in the purchase of child prostitution. Ngoy and his Cambodian associate Chun One were arrested in 2009 after they were suspected of facilitating underage girls to have sex with the […]
Country manager for travel agency arrested for child exploitation
Today Australian national T.L., 65, from Sydney was arrested by the Anti-human Trafficking Police in Siem Reap on two charges of purchasing child prostitution from at least two underage girls and making child pronograpy. T.L. became subject of an investigation after the victims stated that he paid them to have sex with him and that […]
Cambodians get 15 years for attempted baby trafficking
Yesterday, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted Cambodian nationals Heng Chhon and Sam Na to 15 years imprisonment each for unlawful removal for cross-border transfer. They were both arrested in November 2013 while trying to cross the border to Thailand with a seven-month-old baby and two disabled men who they intended to bring illegally to […]
Sex Abuse Victim Finds Justice after Years of Waiting
In the afternoon of the 1st of October, 67-year old Briton David John Fletcher has been extradited from Thailand to Cambodia. On May 9, 2011 Presiding Judge Ke Sakorn at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced Fletcher to 10 years in prison for rape and ordered Fletcher to pay 20 million riel compensation (approx. US$5,000) […]