Cambodia to Deport Russian Pedophile [-Sihamoni pardons a pedophile, but ignores the innocent BKL-15!!!]

Alexander Trofimov smokes a cigarette after his verdict at the Phnom Penh municipal court, March 14, 2008. (AFP)

Authorities will expel the former businessman who was pardoned last year by the King of Cambodia.

2012-06-06

Radio Free Asia

Cambodian authorities are working with Moscow to deport a notorious Russian pedophile arrested this week with an underage girl just months after he was pardoned by King Norodom Sihamoni following his conviction of sexually abusing more than a dozen Cambodian girls.

“Alexander Trofimov is being detained temporarily under our authority. The Ministry of the Interior has decided to expel him,” Minister of the Interior Khieu Sopheak said, amid talks between Cambodian officials and the Russian Embassy.

Trofimov was arrested in 2007 in Cambodia's largest-ever pedophilia case. He was convicted of buying sex from 17 girls between the ages of six and 13 and sentenced to 17 years in prison, but later had his sentence reduced to eight years by an appeals court.

In December last year he was pardoned through a royal decree following a government request made to the king through Cambodia’s council of ministers and released from jail.

Cambodia 'to deport' Russian pedophile [-About time!]

Trofimov with a young girl (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)

Tue Jun 5 2012
AAP

A Russian pedophile controversially pardoned in Cambodia's largest-known child sex scandal will be deported after he was arrested at the home of a teenage girl.

Alexander Trofimov, who built a $US300 million ($A309.71 million) tourist resort in the country, was arrested at the house of an underaged girl outside of Phnom Penh, police spokesman Kirt Chantharith told AFP, adding authorities will try to deport him shortly.

"Police arrested him (on Monday) ... while he was hiding with a local family," Chantharith said, adding that the Russian "loved the family's daughter, who is 11 or 12 years old".

"According to policy, we will have to expel him very soon."

Russian investor gets 13 yrs for Cambodia abuse

Alexander Trofimov (L) is escorted by Prey Sar prison's police after his hearing at Phnom Penh municipal court March 11, 20008. The court charged Trofimov, a Russian businessman who is overseeing a $300 million tourism investment project with sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl. Trofimov denied the charge and said he had never met the girl, who testified that she had been paid $100 after being abused four times. (REUTERS/Stringer)

March 13, 2008

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Cambodian court sentenced a prominent Russian investor to 13 years in jail on Friday for the sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl, the latest foreigner to be caught in the country's drive to stop child sex tourism.

The lawyer for 41-year-old Alexander Trofimov, who signed a $300 million deal in 2006 to develop a luxury tourist resort, said the ruling would damage Cambodia's investment reputation.

"My client is a high-profile man. He should not be sentenced by just one girl who pointed a finger at him," lawyer Ouch Sophal told Reuters.

"The court decision will send a bad message to foreign investors," he said, adding his client would appeal.

Chief Judge Ke Sakhan said the court had sufficient evidence to convict Trofimov, who did not speak to reporters in court.

A Cambodian man was also sentenced to 11 years in jail for providing the girl to the Russian businessman.

Poverty-stricken Cambodia has long had a reputation as a haven for pedophiles, due in large part to its corrupt police force and courts. Child rights groups are campaigning hard for Phnom Penh to take the problem seriously.

(Reporting by Ek Madra; Editing by Darren Schuettler and Alex Richardson)