Kampong Chhnang School Deputy Principal Arrested for Raping 15-Year-Old Student

Cambodia News, (Kampong Chhnang Province): On 23 February 2023, the Investigating Judge of Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court ordered the detention of a deputy principal of a high school in Kampong Chhnang province on charges related to the rape of a 15-year-old female student, and sent him to a temporary detention center to await further action.

According to the pre-trial detention order, the accused was identified as Nget Sok Kheng, 41, deputy director at a high school in Kampong Chhnang province. He was held on charges of abduction and rape of a minor, intentional violence, fabrication and distribution of child pornography and other related offences, under Article 41 of the Law on the Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Trafficking and Intentional Violence under Article 217 of the Penal Code.

According to the complaint filed by the parents of the 15-year-old victim, the schoolmaster tricked the girl into going for a drive with him, and then he gave her some water to drink that was laced with drugs that left her unconscious. After she fainted, the suspect raped the girl several times. He also took pictures and videos of her naked body and sexually explicit acts, saying that if she told anyone about the rape, then he would post the photos on the internet.


Fortunately, the young girl told her parents what had happened, and they immediately filed a complaint. The ex-deputy high school principal, Mr. Nget Sok Kheng, was arrested by Kampong Chhnang Provincial Police on February 21, 2023, on charges of rape, child pornography, and intentional violence.
The accused is currently being held in Kampong Chhnang Provincial Prison.