DPA
Phnom Penh - A 26-year-old self-proclaimed healer has been charged with sexual assault in Cambodia after he duped a woman into a naked meditation session then allegedly attacked her, local media reported Tuesday.
Police said the victim, a married 24-year-old woman, visited Ouk Sovanny on Thursday with her husband in the hope of curing his illness.
The mystic determined an "evil mole" on her body was harming her husband, and told her to strip in an adjacent room and meditate silently.
"He told her that if he did not do this, her husband would not get better," deputy police chief An Kim Sry told the Phnom Penh Post newspaper.
While she was meditating, the healer entered the room and allegedly began kissing and touching her. An Kim Sry said the woman kept quiet for fear of ruining the cure.
The prosecutor in Cambodia's south-eastern Kampong Cham province said Ouk Sovanny denied the charges.
He was arrested Friday after he refused to pay the victim more than 700 dollars in an out-of-court settlement. She had sought 1,400 dollars.
Police said the victim, a married 24-year-old woman, visited Ouk Sovanny on Thursday with her husband in the hope of curing his illness.
The mystic determined an "evil mole" on her body was harming her husband, and told her to strip in an adjacent room and meditate silently.
"He told her that if he did not do this, her husband would not get better," deputy police chief An Kim Sry told the Phnom Penh Post newspaper.
While she was meditating, the healer entered the room and allegedly began kissing and touching her. An Kim Sry said the woman kept quiet for fear of ruining the cure.
The prosecutor in Cambodia's south-eastern Kampong Cham province said Ouk Sovanny denied the charges.
He was arrested Friday after he refused to pay the victim more than 700 dollars in an out-of-court settlement. She had sought 1,400 dollars.