Tuesday, 21 April 2009

2 men face child sex charge

The Straits Times
http://www.straitstimes.com

April 21, 2009

PHNOM PENH (Cambodia) - A CAMBODIAN court has charged a French man and a Greek national with paying for sex with an underaged girl, a lawyer said on Tuesday.
Prosecutor Kry Sok Y said charges were laid against Jacques Collinet, 61, of France and Christos Kapalios, 62, from Greece.

The pair are alleged to have bought sex from a 15-year-old girl and are both now in custody pending trial, a court official said, but declined to give further details about the men.

Cambodia has struggled to shed its reputation as a haven for paedophiles, putting dozens of foreigners in jail for child sex crimes or deporting them to face trial in their home countries since 2003. -- AFP

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