DAP: The breaking news in Cambodia: “Cambodian court sentences Swiss man to 5 years in jail for child sex” plus 1 more |
| Cambodian court sentences Swiss man to 5 years in jail for child sex Posted: 14 Sep 2012 07:04 PM PDT PHNOM PENH, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday convicted a 81-year-old Swiss man of purchasing child prostitution and sentenced him to 5 years in jail. The convict is identified as Hugo Leuthold. He was found guilty of purchasing child prostitution and illegal entry into Cambodia, according to the court's verdict read by a hearing judge Kim Rathnarin. "The court decided to sentence him to 5 years in jail and ordered him to pay a compensation of 2 million riel (500 U.S. dollars) to the complainant," said the verdict. He will be expelled from the country after serving the sentenced jail term. Hugo Leuthold was arrested by Cambodian police in March in a hotel in Phnom Penh when he had sex with a minor under 15. Previously, on Christmas day in 2010, the man was also arrested in Sihanoukville and later sentenced to 2 years in prison for sexually abusing four boys aged between 11 and 13, but was released after 10 months in jail. |
| China's Shenzhen officials visit Cambodia to promote trade, investment ties Posted: 14 Sep 2012 07:03 PM PDT PHNOM PENH, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- A group of Chinese trade officials from Southern China's Shenzhen City has been visiting Cambodia to promote the bilateral trade and investment ties. The group was led by Zhang Jinsheng, director of Shenzhen WTO ( World Trade Organization) Affairs Office. Addressing a Shenzhen Economic and Trade Forum here on Friday afternoon, Zhang said that the visit to Cambodia was to introduce Shenzhen's trade and investment potentials to Cambodian businesspeople and to explore Cambodia's investment potentials for Chinese investors. The forum was attended by some 40 Cambodian and Chinese companies' executives. Zhang also promised to encourage Chinese firms to look into business opportunities in Cambodia to contribute to strengthening and expanding bilateral ties between China and Cambodia. At the forum, Yum Sui Sang, chairman of the China Hong Kong and Macau Expatriate and Business Association of Cambodia, said the event was very important to boost economic and trade ties between Cambodia and China's Shenzhen. "The forum is an opportunity for Cambodian businesspeople to learn about the economic and trade potentials in Shenzhen and also a chance for us to tell Shenzhen officials about Cambodian potential sectors for investors," said Yum Sui Sang, who is also the president and CEO of the Union Commercial Bank. The bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and China amounted to 2.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2011, up 73.5 percent from a year earlier. The two countries' leaders vowed to double the volume to 5 billion U.S. dollars by 2017. On the investment side, during the first six months of this year, Cambodia attracted the investment of 141 million U.S. dollars from China in the sectors of garment and textile industry and rice milling, according to a report of the Council for the Development of Cambodia. Shenzhen, bordering with Hong Kong, is located in Southern China's Guangdong Province, which is known for its international business and trade. |
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