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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: An Austrian man was charged Tuesday (18 Sept) with sexually abusing two Cambodian boys, officials said.
Olaf Achleitner, 64, was charged with debauchery Tuesday, according to Sok Kalyan, a Phnom Penh Municipal Court prosecutor. Debauchery is the Cambodian legal charge covering the crime of having sex with a minor, and is punishable by 10 to 20 years in jail.
In November 2002, police arrested Achleitner for allegedly committing sex offenses against Cambodian boys. But a court released him due to lack of evidence.
At the time, Achleitner said he was born in Salzburg but spent the last three decades living in England, Canada, the Bahamas and the Netherlands before settling in Cambodia in 1999.
Keo Thea, deputy chief of the counter-trafficking police for the capital Phnom Penh, said police had kept Achleitner under surveillance since he was set free after his first arrest five years ago.
He said information leading to the man's arrest last Friday (14 Sept) came from two 14-year-old boys who claimed the suspect had often taken them to his apartment and sexually abused them there.
Lax law enforcement and poverty have made Cambodia a prime destination for foreigners seeking sex with minors. But police have recently stepped up efforts to fight the crime.
Olaf Achleitner, 64, was charged with debauchery Tuesday, according to Sok Kalyan, a Phnom Penh Municipal Court prosecutor. Debauchery is the Cambodian legal charge covering the crime of having sex with a minor, and is punishable by 10 to 20 years in jail.
In November 2002, police arrested Achleitner for allegedly committing sex offenses against Cambodian boys. But a court released him due to lack of evidence.
At the time, Achleitner said he was born in Salzburg but spent the last three decades living in England, Canada, the Bahamas and the Netherlands before settling in Cambodia in 1999.
Keo Thea, deputy chief of the counter-trafficking police for the capital Phnom Penh, said police had kept Achleitner under surveillance since he was set free after his first arrest five years ago.
He said information leading to the man's arrest last Friday (14 Sept) came from two 14-year-old boys who claimed the suspect had often taken them to his apartment and sexually abused them there.
Lax law enforcement and poverty have made Cambodia a prime destination for foreigners seeking sex with minors. But police have recently stepped up efforts to fight the crime.
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