Thirty years after the genocide, Cambodia is still one of the poorest nations in Southeast Asia, where 35 percent of the population lives on less than half-a-dollar a day. Despite – or maybe because – of its poverty, the country remains a favorite destination for pedophiles. A U.S. tourist and a French tourist were both arrested this month on sexual abuse charges, and last year a California man was handed over to the US Department of Justice and tried and convicted on seven felony charges in San Francisco; he’s now serving a more than 200 year sentence. FSRN's Khortieth Him met a young girl in Phnom Penh, who was one of the seven survivors sexually abused by the California tourist.
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