Across Asia: Cambodia
China Daily | Updated: 2008-05-21 07:10
Man jailed for abusing boys
A Cambodian court sentenced a 64-year-old Austrian man to 10 years in jail yesterday for sexually abusing boys aged 13 and 14, the trial judge and lawyer said.
Olaf Achleitner of Salzburg, who was arrested in September, denied the allegations and accused police of framing him.
"They were in my house but I did nothing wrong," he said outside the courtroom as he was led away in handcuffs.
"This is a death sentence for me as an old man."
Achleitner, who worked as a cook at a western restaurant in Phnom Penh, was also ordered to pay $1,000 in compensation to the two victims.
(China Daily 05/21/2008 page23)
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