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Defrocked monk Neth Kai is led out of Phnom Penh Municipal Court after a hearing on a fourth pornography-related complaint.
Defrocked monk Neth Kai is led out of Phnom Penh Municipal Court after a hearing on a fourth pornography-related complaint.
via CAAI
Monday, 25 October 2010 21:30 Cameron Wells
Phnom Penh Municipal Court has heard the case stemming from the fourth complaint against a monk accused of surreptitiously filming hundreds of naked women as they bathed at a pagoda in Daun Penh district.
Neth Kai, 35, was arrested on June 26 on suspicion of using a mobile phone to film the women, and the clips were then widely distributed.
Last Thursday, the municipal court found him guilty of distributing pornography and producing child pornography in connection with complaints filed by two underage girls, sentencing him to 17 years in prison.
In September, the court found him guilty of distributing pornography in connection with a complaint filed by one woman, who was of age, and sentenced him to one year in prison.
The latest case involved a 33-year-old alleged victim, who told the court that she saw images of her distributed on mobile phones.
“I recognised my photos very well. I had really been photographed by Neth Kai. Therefore, I would like the court to punish him in accordance with the law,” she said.
In court Neth Kai denied having filmed the woman.
“I did not commit any pornographic pictures on this woman. Therefore, I would like to ask the court to drop this charge against me,” he said.ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY RANN REUY ...
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