Man released after eight months in Cambodian jail

via Khmer NZ News Media

Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Cambodian authorities have dropped paedophile charges against a Danish man who had allegedly confessed to the crime

A 61-year-old Danish man accused of being a paedophile has been released by Cambodian police after authorities decided to drop the charges against him.

The man’s lawyer Michael Juul Eriksen confirmed his client’s release from Banteay Meanchey Prison near the city of Poipet, located in the northwest part of Cambodia near the Thai border. The man had been held in custody at the prison for the past eight months, and police told media he had already confessed to the crime.

Eriksen said his client is now in Bangkok awaiting a return flight to Denmark.

Earlier this year, Cambodian authorities also released another Dane, 55-year-old Johanne Axelsen, who had been held on drug smuggling charges.