Cambodian police officials stand guard in Phnom Penh
PHNOM PENH (AFP)— A British man became the latest suspect in Cambodia's drive to net foreign paedophiles after he was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl, police said Wednesday.
Gareth Ashley Corbett, 51, was arrested at his rented house in the popular seaside town of Sihanoukville on Tuesday, said Suon Sophan, deputy chief of the local anti-trafficking and juvenile police unit.
The arrest of Corbett was made after the underage girl, who was also allegedly abused by a US man, told authorities that the Briton had sex with her, he said.
"The arrest of the Briton was the result of testimony of the girl to police," Suon Sophan told AFP by telephone.
The US man, Scott Alan Hecker, 44, was nabbed last week in a raid on a hotel in Phnom Penh and has been accused of committing indecent acts repeatedly against the girl and and another 14-year-old girl.
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.
3 comments:
I would find these reports of arrests more reassuring if the police ever arrested Asian child abusers.
Why does this never happen when it is known that Asians from many neighbouring countries also use Cambodia as a safe destination for their abuse of young children?
Is it possible that money and foreign government pressure influence the police's decisions to arrest Westerners rather than Asians?
If these guys are guilty it's great that action has been taken against them. Western pressue now needs to be brought on the authorities to arrest all paedophiles regardless of race.
Let them arrest 20% of all of the population of Ethiopia who are marrying girls as young as 10, but mostly around 13-15 in majority of rural areas :).
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