Friday, 31 August 2012
By Khoun Leakhana
Phnom Penh Post
Kidnapper caught
A
30-year-old woman who allegedly kidnapped and sold a 7-year-old girl
for $25 and a cell phone was sent to pre-trial detention by Preah Vihear
Provincial Court yesterday.
Li Lon, Preah Vihear provincial
prosecutor, said the girl is now back with her family and the suspect,
Kong Chanthou, was arrested on Monday on charges of human trafficking.
According
to the National Police Commission website, Chanthou kidnapped the
seven-year-old in Siem Reap on Monday while her mother was having her
nails done in Phsar Leu market.
The suspect then sold the girl to
a 29-year-old man named Pen Samnang living in Siem Reap in exchange for
US$25 and a mobile phone, telling him it was her daughter.
Sammang
took pity on the girl, thinking he might adopt her, but told police he
later suspected the girl was not the defendant’s daughter and called the
police to arrest Chanthou.
Chanthou denied that she kidnapped the girl, claiming the victim’s mother allowed her daughter to go with her.
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