Cambodian Charity School Allegedly Pimped Out Students To Donors

[Flashermac]

Phnom Penh - The Cambodian director of a school charity has been arrested for allegedly selling the sexual services of his teenage students to foreigners who disguised their payments as donations, local media reported Thursday.

 

Veha Long, 32, was arrested along with his sister on Monday after a month-long investigation in the western city of Siem Reap, The Cambodia Daily reported.

 

"We found the suspect was providing two teenagers each time to have sex with foreigners who sponsored his association," the paper quoted Duong Thavary, provincial anti-human trafficking police chief, as saying.

 

Thavary said nine girls aged 17 to 19 were found at Long’s house when he was arrested, and police believed he may have been selling them for sex.

 

Police looked into Long after a complaint by a Danish woman who had been volunteering at the school and suspected illegal activity, said Thea Sophat, an official of the local social affairs department.

 

He added that the school was established seven years ago but did not have the proper paperwork, according to The Daily.

 

Sophat also alleged the school’s owner "provided teenagers for sex to foreigners," the paper reported.

 

The website for the Underprivileged Children’s School appeals directly to foreign visitors for funds to "make sure that most underprivileged Cambodia children are not denied an opportunity acquiring knowledge."

 

DPA

 

 

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[jitagawn]

Really bad karma/

[Coss]

If it's true - I make no judgment on this particular item, but I am aware of several NGO sponsored attempts to "rescue" underage women, that were seriously wrong. i.e. "rescuing" (kidnapping) women who were nothing near underage or prostitutes.

 

There's something about Cambodia and " anti-human trafficking" and NGO or Volunteer folks, that attracts bullshit. The local officials want to appear to be doing the right thing and the foreigners, would know what they're talking about wouldn't they?

 

""The website for the Underprivileged Children’s School appeals directly to foreign visitors for funds to "make sure that most underprivileged Cambodia children are not denied an opportunity acquiring knowledge."" says it all.....