The Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: A Russian businessman has been arrested for allegedly having sex with at least six girls in Cambodia, a senior police official said Thursday.
Alexander Trofimov, the chairman of an investment company, was arrested Wednesday at Cambodia's coastal city of Sihanoukville, said police Maj. Gen. Bit Kimhong, director of the Interior Ministry's antihuman trafficking department.
The police officer said Trofimov, 41, was arrested on charges of debauchery, a Cambodian legal term for sex abuse against children that is punishable by 10 to 20 years in jail.
Trofimov allegedly had sex with five girls in 2005 and another one this year, Bit Kimhong said, adding that the girls were between 12 and 18 years old.
Police were transporting Trofimov in a car from Sihanoukville to a court in the capital, Phnom Penh, where he would be questioned and face formal charges, Bit Kimhong said.
He said the arrest warrant described Trofimov's alleged crimes as "gravely affecting social moral."
The case comes as police in neighboring Thailand are trying to arrest suspected Canadian pedophile Christopher Paul Neil for allegedly paying boys for sex. Cambodian police have also been alerted should Neil, the subject of a global Interpol manhunt, try to slip across the border.
Thailand and Cambodia are among the top destinations for Western men seeking sex with young males and females. A number of foreign pedophiles have been arrested in Cambodia in recent years.
In September last year, Trofimov's company received permission from the Cambodian government to develop an island off Sihanoukville into a tourist resort with an initial investment of up to US$300 million (€211 million).
The island — Koh Puos or Snake Island — is located about 800 meters (a half-mile) off a popular beach site in Sihanoukville, about 185 kilometers (115 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh.
Alexander Trofimov, the chairman of an investment company, was arrested Wednesday at Cambodia's coastal city of Sihanoukville, said police Maj. Gen. Bit Kimhong, director of the Interior Ministry's antihuman trafficking department.
The police officer said Trofimov, 41, was arrested on charges of debauchery, a Cambodian legal term for sex abuse against children that is punishable by 10 to 20 years in jail.
Trofimov allegedly had sex with five girls in 2005 and another one this year, Bit Kimhong said, adding that the girls were between 12 and 18 years old.
Police were transporting Trofimov in a car from Sihanoukville to a court in the capital, Phnom Penh, where he would be questioned and face formal charges, Bit Kimhong said.
He said the arrest warrant described Trofimov's alleged crimes as "gravely affecting social moral."
The case comes as police in neighboring Thailand are trying to arrest suspected Canadian pedophile Christopher Paul Neil for allegedly paying boys for sex. Cambodian police have also been alerted should Neil, the subject of a global Interpol manhunt, try to slip across the border.
Thailand and Cambodia are among the top destinations for Western men seeking sex with young males and females. A number of foreign pedophiles have been arrested in Cambodia in recent years.
In September last year, Trofimov's company received permission from the Cambodian government to develop an island off Sihanoukville into a tourist resort with an initial investment of up to US$300 million (€211 million).
The island — Koh Puos or Snake Island — is located about 800 meters (a half-mile) off a popular beach site in Sihanoukville, about 185 kilometers (115 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh.
7 comments:
Well, all I can say the casualties of the civil war have not been extinguished. This is no difference than the land mine victim, among other things.
I hope people will think about it carefully before they decided to ignite the next war.
most khmer people are not concerned about westerner molesting their children because they look up to these white monkeys. some even think the westerners are doing a kids a favor by paying them in exchange for the exploitation. a lot of khmer people see westerners as gods.
even some supposed "educated" khmer intellectuals are running around promoting western ideas in cambodia, trying to perpertuate the colonialism in our country. many of them hold "ph.d.'s" or are running to be the next prime minister. these so-called "human rights" activists are the ones who invite these sexual predators into our homeland, where they are free to teach english (and have access to children) and own businesses all over cambodia.
you can see that there are generally very few comments to stories about western pedophiles on ki-media. it means that most khmer people generally don't care about it or even condone the act. after all, most of the sexpats in cambodia are part-time pro-democracy activists. you just have to read their blogs and their website, www.khmer440.com, to understand their sick mindset.
if you- the khmer people- don't care about these predators on our land, why not offer your own sons and daughters to these barbaric animals. stop sacrificing the poor and the underprivileged children to to your sick desire to worship the white devils.
3:14 you are using a very narrow point to racially abuse westerners and to denigrate human rights & democracy activists. Ok, most westerners in Cambodia give a bad image of themselves for what they come to do In Cambodia, but paedophiles come from all races not only european or american, but asian too.
This is a good news story, this pig has been caught and should go to jail, hopefully the other Canadian b*stard will be caught too.
Wrong, the only asian that molested children are those that are trained in the west.
Asian sacrificed a lot of their freedom for their children and they would never molested them.
If that was so true, what was the khmer rouge doing during those times to girls and women? 7:42 Pm
And see the Vietnamese pimp it own wife and children?
The fucking Russian east from easter Europpe not wester. the mother fucker Communist just like ah Hochimin and ah Moa Tengtong!
The one thing that is great about KR society is that there is no rape nor child molestation. At least, I am not aware of any case, 10:59.
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