March 05 2008
DPA
Phnom Penh - A Cambodian man convicted of smacking a female motorist's bottom was handed a one-year suspended jail sentence and his friend was sentenced to the same term in absentia, a court official said on Wednesday.
Phnom Penh municipal court prosecutor Kry Soky said Van Theara, 22, remained on the lam after being found complicit in delivering a playful slap on the bottom to a female motorbike rider which his friend had claimed was meant as a joking compliment.
He said Theara's friend, Khun Pheakdey, 18, had been ordered to pay compensation of $350 and released after already serving five months in jail for his moment of indiscretion.
"This is not a funny story because funny stories do not end up in court. This is sexual harassment. A polite man takes a strange girl he likes by the hand, not by the bottom," Soky said by telephone.
The case was prosecuted after the victim's parents heard about the incident and filed a complaint to the court, he said.
Phnom Penh municipal court prosecutor Kry Soky said Van Theara, 22, remained on the lam after being found complicit in delivering a playful slap on the bottom to a female motorbike rider which his friend had claimed was meant as a joking compliment.
He said Theara's friend, Khun Pheakdey, 18, had been ordered to pay compensation of $350 and released after already serving five months in jail for his moment of indiscretion.
"This is not a funny story because funny stories do not end up in court. This is sexual harassment. A polite man takes a strange girl he likes by the hand, not by the bottom," Soky said by telephone.
The case was prosecuted after the victim's parents heard about the incident and filed a complaint to the court, he said.
12 comments:
Hey, No BUN GRABBING in Cambodia!
Go to the US if you want to do that.
Come to US you get more thanin Cambodia, for phisical harassment in the poblic place! stupid!
You can tuch other only with his or her permission!
Stop Dreaming, I doubt that you'll get 1 year jail for grabbing bun in the US.
And ladies are so powerful. They have full protected right!
10:03Pm go grab your mother!
yes, sexual harrassment shouldn't be tolerated anywhere, work place or not as long as there are witnesses and evidence to prove so!! this goes both ways as well (male or female).
you are right on 2:08AM, you should br a minister of equal sex department!
Gentlemen;
Why NGO are now conducting more and more seminar on gender issue.
Cambodian women deserver some respect and for all other women in the world!
I just wish that men would treat women like butterfly! If a man doesn't like a woman and please let her go and the man doesn’t need to abuse her or beat her!
I am a man from Mars.
Good! If everything else is corrupted, at least grabbing someone’s behind with out consent is punishable to such extends. Now I can have a peace of mind the next time I’m visiting Cambodia. By the way, does anyone know if that $350 penalty went to the injured party?
Okay, if you don't want jail, you could apologize and offered the women $75-$100 in private to try to get them not to file the complaint. In many case I think they will take the offer. Just make sure you look sincere about it.
Also, if can't fight your craving, and you must grab bun in Cambodia, it is a lot cheaper to do it in the brothel. There, you can grab many buns for just a few dollars.
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