Michael during a Khmer traditional engagement to his fiancee, Phanny, who was about 13-14 years old at that time. According to Deum Ampil, Phanny was also arrested for assisting Michael to solicit sex from other underage girls.PHNOM PENH, March 19 (AFP) - Cambodian police have arrested an Australian man on suspicion of paying for sex with underage girls over a number of years, they said Friday.
The suspect, identified by police as Michael John Lines, 52, was arrested on Thursday for having sex with two girls, now 17, said Major General Bith Kimhong, director of the Interior Ministry's anti-trafficking unit.
One of the girls was now the man's fiancee, Bith Kimhong said.
"He has been committing the offences for four years," Bith Kimhong told AFP, adding that police suspected he had abused many children.
He said the man would appear at Phnom Penh Municipal Court later Friday to be charged with "buying sex from children".
Dozens of foreigners have been jailed for child sex crimes or deported to face trial in their home countries since Cambodia launched an anti-paedophilia push in 2003, to try to shake off its reputation as a haven for sex predators.
The suspect, identified by police as Michael John Lines, 52, was arrested on Thursday for having sex with two girls, now 17, said Major General Bith Kimhong, director of the Interior Ministry's anti-trafficking unit.
One of the girls was now the man's fiancee, Bith Kimhong said.
"He has been committing the offences for four years," Bith Kimhong told AFP, adding that police suspected he had abused many children.
He said the man would appear at Phnom Penh Municipal Court later Friday to be charged with "buying sex from children".
Dozens of foreigners have been jailed for child sex crimes or deported to face trial in their home countries since Cambodia launched an anti-paedophilia push in 2003, to try to shake off its reputation as a haven for sex predators.
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