PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A 17-year-old Cambodian monk was charged with raping a British woman while taking her on a tour of a mountain cave near his Buddhist temple, a court official said Thursday.
The monk was arrested Tuesday after the 39-year-old British tourist told police she had been attacked at a cave in the northwestern Sampov mountains, a popular tourist destination in northwestern Cambodia, said Sar Yosthavrak, the chief prosecutor of Battambang province.
"He has confessed to police that he raped her during the tour in the dark cave," said Mey Chhengly, a police officer in the province, about 155 miles (250 kilometers) northwest of the capital, Phnom Penh.
The woman told police the monk had offered to serve as her tour guide on a visit to a cave near the Buddhist temple where he lived and, once there, he threatened to kill her if she resisted his attack, Mey Chhengly said.
The monk also allegedly stole $55 and a cell phone from the woman, he said.
The monk has been defrocked and could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted, said Sar Yosthavrak, the provincial prosecutor.
The Sampov mountains have several caves, many of which are the subject of Cambodian folk tales. One of the caves was used by the Khmer Rouge to execute victims during their 1975-79 regime that left 1.7 million people dead.
The monk was arrested Tuesday after the 39-year-old British tourist told police she had been attacked at a cave in the northwestern Sampov mountains, a popular tourist destination in northwestern Cambodia, said Sar Yosthavrak, the chief prosecutor of Battambang province.
"He has confessed to police that he raped her during the tour in the dark cave," said Mey Chhengly, a police officer in the province, about 155 miles (250 kilometers) northwest of the capital, Phnom Penh.
The woman told police the monk had offered to serve as her tour guide on a visit to a cave near the Buddhist temple where he lived and, once there, he threatened to kill her if she resisted his attack, Mey Chhengly said.
The monk also allegedly stole $55 and a cell phone from the woman, he said.
The monk has been defrocked and could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted, said Sar Yosthavrak, the provincial prosecutor.
The Sampov mountains have several caves, many of which are the subject of Cambodian folk tales. One of the caves was used by the Khmer Rouge to execute victims during their 1975-79 regime that left 1.7 million people dead.
24 comments:
cambodian are retarded, not to mention that you'll call him fake khmer...
12:04 AM
Not bad this week. Two Thai soldiers killed by the Islamic insurgents and an explosion in Bangkok (21 injured and one dead).
Not to mention a banned on Siem Reap Airways.
So what is the forecast for next week?
The police should castrate the monk and 12:04 AM.
Even the monk understand this current cpp regime can be a convicted criminal.
Sometimes it was happen by british woman did it first and blamed to khmer monk and also she might be horny.so government have to investigation about that.Thank you.
A rape is a rape, I agree with castration.
12:20AM, next week there'll be a greater move. Civil strife on the street in Bangcock is basically on its way. Let's see if I'm right.
Sorry a Britain 38 woman, you are so stupid!! don't you know that?
Koun Khmer
this monk makes other monks look bad. buddhist monk in cambodia are supposed to hold strict sacred habit so people can look up to them for moral assistance, when a monk does something against the monk's law (in the buddhist religion that is), he should be defrocked for he is not even a good monk. pure buddhist monks deserve the utmost respect in cambodia. maybe, he is just a "fake" monk. please know the difference. thank you and god bless cambodia.
Nice!
You've finally scored for the Hun Sen's government.
1:43 AM
Don't you know that man is in position power compare to a women. There is no excuse for a raper, it's jail for 25 years that's it.
This monk'ey needs to cool down his mojo in a cell.
I am wondering that AP wrote a wrong age of the monk?
If he is only 17 years old, how can I rape a big British lady 37 years old?
If he is only 17 years old, how can he be sentenced to 15 years under law that convict only those who are older than 18 years old?
Some thing stupid is not happening to those Khmer leaders, but also this AP news.
This lady might have intention to blame and disgrace Buddhism around the world.
Please, don't be quickly jumping to believe, use your cognitive sense.
Khmer from PP
450am from what you said 17 years old don't have dick right? khmer rouge 13 years old raped french woman when they came to power...open your eyes...you lives in the hole too long frog!
That's Hun Sen regime!
This monk under Tmil Tep Vong is "To-ngorl Ott Sell"!
450 am maybe when your mother got raped then you believe it!
5:10am
You are stupid with that white lad to trust a monk to go into the dark cave one to one...
7:25 AM
Hey asshole caves are dark by definition and people tend to take monk in high esteem. She didn't expect the monk to be your cousin.
Cut the monk's dick and set him free.
17 year-old is full of testosterone; how could he control his libido? defrock is the right thing and let the law deal with him. hello, wake up!
Why should a teenager become a monk?
Please, stop Ah Scam Rainxy from destroying our monks.
There is a simple solution to this problem. Candidates for monkshood can just be sent to hospital to remove their thing before receiving ordination. Doing this will clean up image of the Sangha and no monk can rape anyone in the future.
Khmer Republican
This boy monk must learn from fake tep vong vietcong's monkey.Kill this boy to hanoi and get reward like you did to real monk Tim Sakhon.
being a monk is the best thing a poor Khmer kid can do for himself. Imagine the free meals you get, having old nuns serve you, then you get white girls (involuntarily). Indeed, some Khmer people are fucking retarded, including the dumbass' who post on here who blame the British woman for the rape.
Let's hope the Thai lady boys ass-rape you. :)
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