AP
PHNOM PENH - A CAMBODIAN court upheld a 13-year prison term on Tuesday for an American man convicted of sexually abusing a teenage girl.
Appeals Court judge Seng Sivutha handed down the verdict against Myron Maboris for having sex with a 14-year-old girl. The 46-year-old from Virginia was originally sentenced to 13 years by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in June last year.
During a court hearing on Thursday, Maboris denied the charges, telling the court 'I asked her to massage me only, I did not have sex with her.'
Police arrested Maboris during a raid on his Phnom Penh guesthouse room in October 2006 while he was with the ethnic Vietnamese girl, who was naked.
Kov Soupha, Maboris's defense lawyer, said he will discuss with his client whether to appeal to a higher court.
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 and several foreigners are serving lengthy prison terms.
Appeals Court judge Seng Sivutha handed down the verdict against Myron Maboris for having sex with a 14-year-old girl. The 46-year-old from Virginia was originally sentenced to 13 years by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in June last year.
During a court hearing on Thursday, Maboris denied the charges, telling the court 'I asked her to massage me only, I did not have sex with her.'
Police arrested Maboris during a raid on his Phnom Penh guesthouse room in October 2006 while he was with the ethnic Vietnamese girl, who was naked.
Kov Soupha, Maboris's defense lawyer, said he will discuss with his client whether to appeal to a higher court.
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 and several foreigners are serving lengthy prison terms.
4 comments:
I think the judge need moneys from you...because you live in USA.
If you dont have sex with her ..
and just massage??? He should not sentence for 13 year...
Cambodia no DNA investigate ...
IN big crime.. murder..they believe
by people tell story.....
Khmer sorka
If the government allowed the massage ,spa,or brothels run their business with out the proper licenses government should accept their lackey of the laws enforcement,the foreigners can't read the Cambodian mind or letters,unless The Cambodian government has post their rule in both language and example like this case if the massage house do not post the sign people underage of 18 or no ID no services ect.so the lawyer should use this rule to defend the clients,or Cambodian government should free this foreign guy ,that is fair for both site and Cambodia will not the place that call robbing the tourist money and in the future Cambodia won't loose so much the economies wit the tourist.
As long Ah blackmail Scam Rainxy is not in charge of Cambodia, it will not stop him from bringing in more of his friends from oversea to continue to molest our children and making them suffer.
goverment should have law over 21
can work in massage house...
If under age should arrest the owner ..not people to get massage,
because they dont know ....
they thing it safe before go in not a trap...
Hun sen dick head.
khmer chunna bart
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