Child sex abuser gets reduced prison sentence

From KI-Media

The Phnom Penh Appeal Court has upheld a child sex abuse conviction against Russian businessman Alexander Trofimov, but reduced his prison sentence from 13 to 6 years, state media said Friday.

The municipal court found Trofimov, 41-year-old executive director of the Koh Puos Investment group, guilty of debauchery in March for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl.

The Appeal Court heard his case in absentia on Oct. 2 and ruled Thursday that under the country's new anti-human trafficking law, he should receive a lighter sentence, Appeal Court Judge Samreth Sophal was quoted by English-Khmer language newspaper the Cambodia Daily as saying.

"The new law's punishment is lighter than the old one," he said.

Trifimov is currently being held in pre-trial detention at Sihanoukville municipal prison as he is scheduled to be tried Monday for allegedly sexually abusing 18 other girls.

Disgusting.

So much for punishing child sex offenders. Cambodia is supposed to be tough on these types of criminals.

ETA - The anti trafficking law is the same law used to imprison women when they are caught carrying condoms. Check this out for more information.