October 2, 2012
BATTAMBANG, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian child protection organization
has attacked the short jail sentences given to two Frenchmen convicted
of pedophilia.
A court in Battambang in northwestern Cambodia convicted 67-year-old
Jean Vidon and 63-year-old Denis Page on Tuesday of child sex abuse and
gave them jail terms of two years, with one year suspended. They are set
to be released in about three weeks because of time already served.
A spokesman for the group Action Pour Les Enfants, which fights
against sexual exploitation of children in Cambodia, called the
sentences unacceptable. It said the convicted men would be encouraged to
continue their behavior.
The two men were arrested in October 2011 at a Battambang hotel and
accused of luring two teenage boys from a local park and paying them for
sex.
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