Cambodian court imprisons Korean in sexual abuse of children

A Cambodian court has found a 63 -year-old Korean man guilty of child sex offenses and sentenced him to 14 years in prison.

A spokesman for Siem Reap provincial court said Park Youl was found guilty on Thursday of child prostitution and sexual intercourse with girls under 15 years of age.

Cambodian newspapers, citing anti-human trafficking police, said Park was a pastor of a Christian church in Siem Reap in northwestern Cambodia.

The court spokesman, Yim Srang, said Park was also ordered to pay a total of USD 70,000 in compensation to seven of the nine known victims, and would be deported after serving his prison term. Two other victims did not request compensation.
 

Cambodia has a reputation as a haven for foreign pedophiles largely because of lax and corrupt law enforcement.