UPDATE: US Man Charged With Indecent Acts Against Children
Siem Reap: A mother appealed to authorities to detain a foreigner named Shaun Earl Robinson who had abused her 14-year-old son. The arrest took place at 11:20 am on August 21, 2019 on the order of the Prosecutor of the Siem Reap Provincial Court of Appeal and Police Force Network and local authorities.
According to the interview, the boy said he was begging around the Old Market (*probably on August 14) and met with a foreigner, and asked for money. He went with the American to his rented room, where he was engaged in a sex act and slept there one night. The American then gave him $ 25 and took him back home. Police added that after our interview ended, he identified the suspect by photograph.
Upon receiving this information, a preliminary investigation was opened and sent to the prosecutor, and 40-year-old Shaun Earl Robinson was called in for questioning. He admitted to having the boy in his room, but denied the charges. At 2 o’clock on the afternoon of August 21, a search was conducted of the suspect’s home.
Authorities confirmed on August 22, the suspect will be sent to court for further action. Cambodia Police
Siem Reap: The Office of Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection at 11:20 am on August 21, 2019, detained a foreigner for indecent acts against minors under the age of 15 years.
The foreigner, identified as SHAUN EARL ROBINSON, is a 40-year-old American, the owner of the Landing Zone Hotel, and is staying in Trang Village, Siem Reap.
Police will prepare a case for trial to the provincial court.
Source: General Department of Immigration
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When I was traveling around Cambodia in 2018 I arrived in Siem Reap in mid March, I went to a local bar and I met a boy from Mexico, he was with a group of people chatting and he said something about this person offered him a job and he said he proposed to date if everything goes well, the guy didn’t feel he wanted to have a relationship with the man and he went crazy and left them alone in a country he didn’t know, after a year, I went back and knew he had been arrested and someone told me the guy returned safely to his country.