Saturday February 28, 2009Source: NZPA
A 12-year-old Cambodian girl has not been told that images of her being sexually abused were found on the computer of a Christchurch man whose home was raided in December 2007.
Staff at the foster home where she now lives say that telling her about the images would only add to her shame, embarrassment and insecurity five years after she was rescued from child prostitution.
She had been abused by a Canadian offender who travelled to her village north of Phnom Penh. He has since been caught and dealt with, but the photographs he took as he carried out the abuse are apparently still in circulation.
When the Christchurch man was sentenced today, he went to jail for one year nine months on a series of charges, Christchurch District Court Judge Colin Doherty got the approval of the crown and police for the release of the Cambodian girl's victim impact report to the NZPA reporter.
It was a rare case where child pornography investigators had been able to identify and trace one of the children in the images, he said.
The released version of the report has the names of the girl and her village blocked out, as well as the name of the detective who made the connection, who was working undercover for the International Justice Mission while he was on leave from the New Zealand Police.
In January 2003, the girl was one of more than 50 children in the village between five and 12 years old who were "sold on a daily basis to Western paedophiles for sexual exploitation", the report stated.
"The girl, then aged seven, worked in the brothels near her home for a year before she was rescued. During this time she was expected to perform sexual acts with the `guests' who visited every day. In return, her parents received small amounts of money. There were many times she was photographed by guests."
One guest was the Canadian whose crimes were described as brutal, violent, and degrading in the report. His young victims were verbally abused and repeatedly forced to perform oral sex while he videoed and photographed them.
He was arrested in 2004 and became the first Canadian to be convicted using extra-territorial legislation covering offences against children overseas.
The girl was rescued in 2003 and lived in a shelter before she moved two years later to another organisation, Hagar International, that provided long term care and rehabilitation.
"Following the rescue operation, those involved in debriefing (the girl) stated that they had never participated in a case involving such savagery against children so young," the report said.
The girl still finds it distressing to talk about the abuse. She described her time in the village as "a big, black hole and sometimes I am scared I will fall back into it". She experiences flashbacks to that time.
The report describes her as a quiet girl with few friends. Through her art work she has described feeling "broken-hearted and hopeless".
"Below the surface she is a hurt little girl afraid of the memories that still haunt her," the report says.
In court today, Judge Doherty described the report as "chilling".
Staff at the foster home where she now lives say that telling her about the images would only add to her shame, embarrassment and insecurity five years after she was rescued from child prostitution.
She had been abused by a Canadian offender who travelled to her village north of Phnom Penh. He has since been caught and dealt with, but the photographs he took as he carried out the abuse are apparently still in circulation.
When the Christchurch man was sentenced today, he went to jail for one year nine months on a series of charges, Christchurch District Court Judge Colin Doherty got the approval of the crown and police for the release of the Cambodian girl's victim impact report to the NZPA reporter.
It was a rare case where child pornography investigators had been able to identify and trace one of the children in the images, he said.
The released version of the report has the names of the girl and her village blocked out, as well as the name of the detective who made the connection, who was working undercover for the International Justice Mission while he was on leave from the New Zealand Police.
In January 2003, the girl was one of more than 50 children in the village between five and 12 years old who were "sold on a daily basis to Western paedophiles for sexual exploitation", the report stated.
"The girl, then aged seven, worked in the brothels near her home for a year before she was rescued. During this time she was expected to perform sexual acts with the `guests' who visited every day. In return, her parents received small amounts of money. There were many times she was photographed by guests."
One guest was the Canadian whose crimes were described as brutal, violent, and degrading in the report. His young victims were verbally abused and repeatedly forced to perform oral sex while he videoed and photographed them.
He was arrested in 2004 and became the first Canadian to be convicted using extra-territorial legislation covering offences against children overseas.
The girl was rescued in 2003 and lived in a shelter before she moved two years later to another organisation, Hagar International, that provided long term care and rehabilitation.
"Following the rescue operation, those involved in debriefing (the girl) stated that they had never participated in a case involving such savagery against children so young," the report said.
The girl still finds it distressing to talk about the abuse. She described her time in the village as "a big, black hole and sometimes I am scared I will fall back into it". She experiences flashbacks to that time.
The report describes her as a quiet girl with few friends. Through her art work she has described feeling "broken-hearted and hopeless".
"Below the surface she is a hurt little girl afraid of the memories that still haunt her," the report says.
In court today, Judge Doherty described the report as "chilling".
11 comments:
If I were in the govt. I will ensure that those sick bastards are dealt with in any shapes and forms, prob. worse than the Singaporean standard,
I will never tolerate with any evil acts include child exploitation!!!
Go hell all evil head!!
just 1 year and 9 months. What the fucking hell judgment!!!!!!!
That's the law. Who the fucking created this law?
1 year is just like blinking eyes and it's already gone. It's real damn quick. That evil western man will free and definitely repeat it again.
Cambodia have to change that damn law.
That's what happen when you let Pouk Ah Scam Rainxy do what they want.
3:45AM can you do a litle better for what you get pay for or where your father had sent you to school?????
Rainsy never controle the goverment of Cambodia and never be a majority in the congress!
CPP you have 99 seats now!!!!What you go na do?????
And Ah Hun Xen! How many term are you already the PM!!!! Do the counting fool PhD from Hanoi!!!!
You don't have to be in government to pimp children to tourist, 4:15. There are many pimps in the US, and they are not part of government. Are they?
You fucking lost your seat why you fucking need the winner get out from their seat just only fucking lost changing a good leader to challenge with Somdeach HUN SEN OK.
Cambodia is an impunity state, and Khmer deserve such lives from continuing voted for this savage regime in power. Khmer people are passive, ignorance, and lacks of patriotism. Now we know why its neighbors and international community despise and ignore their sufferings. Its sad for such decent people with less nationalism to become a 2nd champa.
FYI, 8:11, being like Champa is not nearly as bad as being abused by the Khmer Rouge in stone age that is set up by your people for us.
If you voted for CPP (Cambodian People's Party):
Also known as:
Communist People's Party
Khmer Rouge People's Party
Khmer Krorhorm People's Party
You're support the killing of 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples in Cambodia.
You're support the killing of innocent men, women and children on March 30, 1997 in Cambodia.
You're support assassination of journalists in Cambodia.
You're support political assassination and killing in Cambodia.
You're support attempted assassination and murder of leader of the free trade union in Cambodia.
You're support corruption in Cambodia.
You're support murder of Piseth Pilika (Hun Sen's affaire).
You're support Hun Sen Regime burn poor people's house down to the ground and leave them homeless.
Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin was a former Khmer Rouge commanders.
Now, Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin are Khmer Rouge leaders, since their leader (Pol Pot) is dead.
From 1975 to 1979, these Khmer Rouge commanders responsible for killing 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples in Cambodia.
From 1980 to present, these Khmer Rouge leaders responsible for killing innocent men, women and children on March 30, 1997, assassinated journalists, political assassination and killing, murder of Piseth Pilika (Hun Sen's affaire) and attempted assassinated and murder of leader of the free trade union in Cambodia.
When is the ECCC going to bring these three criminals to U.N. Khmer Rouge Tribunal?
Khmer Rouge Regime is a genocide organization.
Hun Sen Regime is a terrorist organization.
Hun Sen Bodyguards is a terrorist organization.
Hun Sen Death Squad is a terrorist organization.
Cambodian People's Party is a terrorist organization.
I have declare the current Cambodian government which is lead by the Cambodian People's Party as a terrorist organization.
Whoever associate with the current Cambodian government are associate with a terrorist organization.
Hun Sen's government committed:
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Drugs Trafficking
Intimidation
Death Threat
Assassination
Murder
Killing
Terrorism
Mass Eviction, by burn poor people's house down to the ground and leave them homeless.
Land Grabbing
Corruptions
Injustice
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Steal Votes
Violates the Constitution
These are the Trade Marks of Hun Sen Regime.
Under Hun Sen Regime, no criminals that has been committed murder and all other crimes within Hun Sen's government ever been brought to justice.
Information change without notice as it become available.
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