Two years’ jail for ‘rapist’

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Buth Reaksmey Kongkea

A male garment worker was yesterday sentenced to five years in jail for raping a 19-year-old seamstress at a factory in Phnom Penh, despite the woman withdrawing her complaint in a letter to the court. Phnom Penh Municipal Court presiding judge San Sophath convicted Chan Thy, 28, of raping his colleague Sim Dina on September 11 at the Chi An Garment Factory in Sen Sok district where they both work.

According to a police report, the assault happened at about 6am, before other employees had arrived for work, with Thy arrested after a complaint from the victim’s grandfather. However, at Thy’s trial on December 14, the court was read a letter from Dina saying the sex was consensual.

read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-years-jail-rapist

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THIS IS ANOTHER STORY but similar in some ways

Charges dropped as rape claim withdrawn

Thu, 31 December 2015

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea

All charges were dropped against a man accused of raping his niece by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday.

Hem Sakhorn, 43 and Vietnamese, was released from jail because, according to judge Kor Vandy, there was insufficient evidence to support an allegation that he raped 17-year-old Nguven Thiyong on May 13 in Chbar Ampov district’s Chbar Ampov II commune.

“The victim has also withdrawn the lawsuit against the defendant,” Kor added.

According to the original police report, Thiyong was grabbed and raped by her uncle after she had gone to the construction worker’s room to ask for $2.

read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/charges-dropped-rape-claim-withdrawn

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Again shoddy journalism. The article begs the unanswered question: with the "victim" admitting the sex was consensual, why does the "judge" go ahead and convict anyway? That's the story here, no?