Beware of child sex tourists in Cambodia: Aple

geovalin · June 19, 2019

Anti-paedophile NGO Action Pour Les Enfants on Friday said that it cooperated with authorities to crack down on 18 child sex cases involving more than 10 foreigners last year. Executive director Samleang Seila said that in the first few months of this year around two or three cases involving foreigners have been uncovered so far.

Speaking at a workshop on International Cooperation in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse Committed by Travelling Child Sex Offenders in Phnom Penh, he noted that over the past 10 years, Aple has rescued more than 800 children and more than 300 people, including 130 foreigners who were punished according to the law. Mr Seila urged the authorities to crack down on child sex tourism, noting that while sex crimes against children appear to have decreased Aple believes there are still a number of foreign paedophiles visiting the Kingdom.

“We still think that Cambodia is a popular target of sex tourists even though the authorities have stepped up crackdowns,” he said. Mr Seila said that many offenders pretend to be doing humanitarian work by “rescuing children” from poor families promising to take care of their education and other needs.

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