Left: the 5-year-old girl reunited with her mother; Right: The cheap kidnapper arrested (Photo: Bunry, Koh Santepheap)Wed, 23 Jan 2008
DPA
Phnom Penh - A Cambodian man who allegedly kidnapped a five-year-old girl from her provincial home and brought her to the capital to sell was caught when he arrived at his destination and argued about the taxi fare, police said Wednesday. Pech Sopheak, 23, took the girl from her Kampong Chhnang home around 100 kilometres from the capital Monday, but when he arrived he would not pay so the driver called the police, Kampong Chhnang chief of anti-trafficking General Prack Soany said.
"The police compared the girl with him to a picture of the kidnapped girl and arrested him," she said. "His problem was caused by 10,000 riel (2.50 dollars)."
She said Sopheak had admitted he was going to sell the child to an elderly couple who only had boys of their own and wanted a daughter but that she had now been returned safely to her family.
If convicted he faces up to 20 years in jail.
"The police compared the girl with him to a picture of the kidnapped girl and arrested him," she said. "His problem was caused by 10,000 riel (2.50 dollars)."
She said Sopheak had admitted he was going to sell the child to an elderly couple who only had boys of their own and wanted a daughter but that she had now been returned safely to her family.
If convicted he faces up to 20 years in jail.
3 comments:
That reflects the poverty in Cambodia lead by Mr Bandith Plej Rean Hun Sen.
That guy look Yaun!
Do mai ah Hun Xen Children fucker!
This is the result of AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave economic miracle in action for 30+ years which force dirt poor Cambodian people to feeding on itself and now Cambodian people is a valuable commodity and can be use to trade for goods and services!
Cambodia urgently needs economic reform!
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