The Phnom Penh Post
Written by Chrann Chamroeun
Thursday, 18 September 2008
A MAN arrested on Saturday on charges of raping a 14-year-old girl is currently being detained at Prey Sar prison awaiting trial.
Bith Kimhong, head of the anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection police, said that Ka Puthearidth, 26, a former bank employee from Banteay Meanchey province, has been arrested and charged with the rape of the girl in a Phnom Penh guesthouse.
"Puthearidth told me that he didn't rape the girl but that she agreed to come and have sex with him seven times in the guesthouse," Bith Kimhong said, adding that the police investigation does indeed indicate that the girl had had consensual sexual relations with the accused.However, under Cambodian law a minor, anyone under the age of 15, cannot consent to sexual intercourse. "Puthearidth will be facing five to 10 years' imprisonment for having sex with the girl," he said.
A warning to others
Nob Sarin Sreyroth, general secretary for Cambodian Women's Crisis Center (CWCC), said the arrest should serve as a warning to those who are thinking of sexually exploiting young people. "Even if the young person consents to sex, the perpetrators should know that they will be sent to court to be punished by the law," she said.
Written by Chrann Chamroeun
Thursday, 18 September 2008
A MAN arrested on Saturday on charges of raping a 14-year-old girl is currently being detained at Prey Sar prison awaiting trial.
Bith Kimhong, head of the anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection police, said that Ka Puthearidth, 26, a former bank employee from Banteay Meanchey province, has been arrested and charged with the rape of the girl in a Phnom Penh guesthouse.
"Puthearidth told me that he didn't rape the girl but that she agreed to come and have sex with him seven times in the guesthouse," Bith Kimhong said, adding that the police investigation does indeed indicate that the girl had had consensual sexual relations with the accused.However, under Cambodian law a minor, anyone under the age of 15, cannot consent to sexual intercourse. "Puthearidth will be facing five to 10 years' imprisonment for having sex with the girl," he said.
A warning to others
Nob Sarin Sreyroth, general secretary for Cambodian Women's Crisis Center (CWCC), said the arrest should serve as a warning to those who are thinking of sexually exploiting young people. "Even if the young person consents to sex, the perpetrators should know that they will be sent to court to be punished by the law," she said.
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this will stopped dirty old men and sexual predators but it will not stopped those Cambodian officials and whom above the law.
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