US court weighs ‘functional life sentence’ for pedophile

A California sex offender convicted in the US earlier this year of assaulting underage girls in Cambodia could face 70 years in prison, according to a US news report. Prosecutor David Herzog told ABC News in Los Angeles that he had requested the maximum sentence be increased from 30 years to 70 years after defendant […]

Siem Reap Bar Owner Linked to 50-Year-Old Abduction Case

A “person of interest” in the notorious abduction of three Australian siblings 50 years ago, who is also under investigation for sex crimes against minors in both Australia and Cambodia, has been identified by a child protection group as 71-year-old Anthony Munro, the former owner of a Siem Reap City gay bar. According to anti-pedophile […]

Australian’s Arrest Linked to 50-Year-Old Abduction Case

Fifty years after the notorious abduction of three siblings in Australia, a Siem Reap bar owner and “person of interest” in the case was arrested upon returning to his home country last month, according to Australian media and a local child protection group. The 71-year-old Australian man, whose name has been concealed amid ongoing investigations, […]

Cambodia must seek deportation of all foreign child sex convicts

On 15 July 2016, a former FX Animation CEO, 57, Udo Sabiniewicz, German national, was deported from Cambodia with an escort officer from Germany after he was re-arrested by Cambodia’s Immigration Police on 4th July 2016, about two weeks after his release from prison. According to police, Udo’s passport was revoked. Udo is wanted for […]

Court Decision On Conviction Could Not Compensate the Damages to Victims, but Could Partly Heal the Victim Sufferings

On 18 May 2016, Phnom Penh Municipal Court held a trial against a 53-year-old American national charged with purchasing of child prostitution by article 34 of Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation (LSHTSE). There were 9 victims aged from 5 to 16 years old, 7 plaintiffs, and 2 witnesses involving in the […]

Joint Efforts and Cooperation Bring About Remarkable Results of Child Protection

For more than a decade, APLE in cooperation with Cambodian law enforcement and other stakeholders has made a great effort in child protection and the reduction of vulnerability of children in child sexual abuse and exploitation. In recent years through APLE’s awareness and training program, the capacity of Cambodian National Police (CNP), especially the Anti-Human […]

Joint Efforts and Cooperation Bring About Remarkable Results of Child Protection

For more than a decade, APLE in cooperation with Cambodian law enforcement and other stakeholders has made a great effort in child protection and the reduction of vulnerability of children in child sexual abuse and exploitation. In recent years through APLE’s awareness and training program, the capacity of Cambodian National Police (CNP), especially the Anti-Human […]

APLE Executive Director Speaks at Mekong Tourism Forum 2016

APLE Executive Director, Seila Samleang, talked from the panel to the audiences at Mekong Tourism Forum 2016 about the essence of tourism industry in playing a role to protect children from the flip side of tourism. Acknowledging the valuable opportunity of this forum, Seila also gave a snapshot of the child sex tourism situation and […]

Released German Pedophile Now Set to Be Deported

Convicted German child abuser Udo Sabiniewicz was rearrested in Phnom Penh on Monday after having his passport canceled for previous crimes in Germany and will be deported just weeks after his release from prison, police and the NGO that investigated his case said on Tuesday. The former CEO of an animation studio was released on […]

German pedophile to be deported this week

A German national convicted of sexually abusing children in Cambodia is due to be deported by the end of the week, immigration police said yesterday. Udo Sabiniewicz, 57, the former head of FX Animation Studios, was arrested in June last year and on March 11 was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and ordered to pay […]