Re: Care to know what many Americans do in Cambodia?

*I had a good evening for the most part... I overheard a rather vocal gentleman expressing himself about what foreigners do in America. Let me shed a little light on what Americans do where I like to live. Mind you I live next door to KTV (1).

American gets 10 years for buying child sex in Cambodia

The Cambodian authorities tend to do a "token" bust a few times per year.

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia on Tuesday (Jun 14) sentenced an American man to a decade in jail for sexually abusing girls as young as five, the latest effort to punish foreign paedophiles in the impoverished country.

Brian Naswall, the 53-year-old CEO of Aero Cambodia, a small aviation firm based in Phnom Penh, was arrested last year, reportedly in the act of abusing three underage girls.

Since he was detained, a total of nine victims have accused Naswall of abuse.

Naswall denied the charges during his trial and claimed the case was fabricated.

But Phnom Penh's Municipal court on Tuesday found the American guilty of engaging in child prostitution and sentenced him to 10 years in prison.

The court also ordered Naswall to pay US$16,000 in compensation, which will be split among eight victims.

The director of Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE), an NGO that hunts down suspected foreign paedophiles in Cambodia, called for Naswall to be deported after he serves his sentence.

"We applaud the ruling. It is reasonable and acceptable," APLE director Seila Samleang said.

A member of Naswall's legal team told reporters that his client would appeal the ruling.

Cambodia's grim reputation as a child sex hub attracted global attention in 2002 when British glam rocker and serial paedophile Gary Glitter was deported over suspected sexual offences.

The country launched a drive in 2003 to shed its reputation as a haven for foreign paedophiles.

Dozens of foreigners have since been prosecuted for child sex crimes but there are still wide gaps in policing.

A landmark study released last month by a coalition of nearly 70 child protection agencies looking at child sex abuse around the world said that while some successes have been made in Southeast Asia, paedophilia remains an "enduring phenomenon that has plagued the region for several decades".

Read more at http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/american-gets-10-years-for-buying-child-sex-in-cambodia-7974170

KTV (1)

Phnom Penh: Many people know what the Karaoke is; however this Karaoke term related to producers, actors and actresses and singers. They are famous people and regularly appear on TV. However, for those who work in KTV don’t want to show their publicly or allow anyone knowing that they work in the KTV. 

They have different life fate. Some people are succeeded in their lives and some faced different problems. Two KTV workers who encountered different life problems and experienced different struggles working as KTV girl in Phnom Penh city revealed their experiences with reporter. 

Names are given by reporter to protect their identity. They both have experienced with many stories and encountered many obstacles. If they didn’t solve them with smart solution they would have walked on a wrong way, losing reputation, plus those solutions must not against the law. 

Mey Mey has been working in the KTV place about more than 2 years. She said, she doesn’t take salary from the owner of the Karaoke for working there. 
She said, “If I work as a full time staff in the KTV, when I take day off the owner will cut my salary from 5 to 10 dollar per day, that’s why I don’t take the salary”. I can come to work on any day depending on me because I only expect to get tips from customers”.

During that day I stay at home looking after my kid. My daughter is 4 years old now and when my daughter asked me where do you go during night time? I don’t tell her the truth, only telling her that I go to work. I have never told her about my job. Because the expense is high, so during the day, I go to help people in the market selling stuff and then at night time I go to get make up. I spend 15000 to 20000 riel for makeup. Adding that, sometime spending money for makeup and if it is a lucky day, customers give more tips and sometime I ends up getting nothing. 

Mey Mey said, “In some night, customer made her drink more and she felt sick the next morning. Even she needed coining and cupping, she still had to go to work. Otherwise, she would earn no money for daily expense and paying the rent”. 

Nari, a different KTV girl, decided to work in the KTV in order to earn money to support her parents. She has been working in the KTV place since she was 15 years old. At first living in Phnom Penh, she worked in a garment factory near Po Chen Tong. She came with a woman whose house near hers. After two years of working in the factory, Nary became really sick. So, she had to quit her job in order to get treatment for a while. After that, Nary went back to work in the garment factory. 

After coming back to work in the factory about a year, Nary’s friend who also worked in the factory with Nary called her to work in Karaoke place or KTV in Toul Kork area. 
Nary said, the reason that she decided to work in the KTV because she saw that people who work there have enough money and they even mange to send money home. That’s why she decided to work there as she wanted to send money home to her parents. 

That's enough isn't it?