Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Child porn charge for man in Cambodia




Selling snacks in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo / AP

Tuesday Jan 19, 2010
via CAAI News Media

Cambodian police say they've arrested an American man on charges that he drugged a 12-year-old girl and took pornographic photos of her.

Chor Heng, deputy police chief of Preah Sihanouk province, said 51-year-old Ronald A. Adams was arrested at his home Friday after a complaint from the girl's mother.

Provincial prosecutor You Tith Vattanak said Adams was charged Sunday with illegal drug use and possession of child pornography, and could face rape charges if medical tests confirm he physically abused the girl.

He could be jailed for at least 10 years on the initial charges, he said.

Police said Adams has lived in the seaside province — about 185 kilometres southwest of Phnom Penh — for at least two years and operates a small restaurant there.

They say his passport says he is from New York.

- AP

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