Child NGO wants former director accused of child sex abuse found

Sovann Komar, a local orphanage and school for abandoned children, has called on authorities to expedite the arrest of Sothea Arun, its former executive director, who is accused of allegedly being a “child rapist”, and who has been on the run for nearly a year despite two warrants for his arrest.

Founder and executive director of Sovann Komar Arun Sothea was sacked from the NGO in August 2019, along with Nou Savath, its former head of security, and about a dozen other staffers. “They accused me of making mistakes, being corrupt and embezzling the organisation’s money,” Arun told Khmer Times at that time. “So, I think it’s strange that they’ve made such accusations because I was one of the organisation’s founders.”

Phnom Penh Municipal Court issued two arrest warrants for Arun, first on July 29, 2021, and the second on October 11, 2021, for “fraud and raping children”. The arrest warrants were issued after an investigating judge found evidence of torture, child sexual abuse, fraud and embezzlement at Sovann Komar, which Arun had managed for more than 15 years.

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