American Hotel Owner in Kratie has been summoned for questioning on a case of Child Sex Offenses

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Re: American Hotel Owner in Kratie Accused of Child Sex Offenses

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Forgive me if I have missed it, but I do not see any mention in the media reports as to the gender/s of the alleged victim/s?

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This whole thread started off on the wrong foot by headlining it "Accused of Child Sex Offenses". Again, he has been summoned to be questioned in relation to an event of child sex exploitation in December 2019 which does not indicate at all he was involved. Then the thread goes rampant with speculation, especially from Reckoning. I happen to know the back story of the people involved in the hotel. It is not a crappy backbackers' guesthouse but a hotel that was popular with Western tourists visiting the area before the pandemic.
As mentioned, I personally know Rick and the Khmer owner, in fact the Khmer owner is a nephew of my wife's. The Khmer owner is married with 3 children and supports most of his relatives by employing them at the hotel. Rick does the marketing for the hotel, which these days is mostly done online with the booking engines, trip advisor, etc. He has no official ownership or shares in the hotel. He is the financier. Everything is on a gentlemen's agreement. The lot the hotel is on was bought by the Khmer owner, everybody knows foreigners can't own land. As it is a personal business, the hotel is officially owned by the Khmer man. Period. Rick is gay but there is no evidence of him being a pedophile. By training he is an engineer who worked in a highly paid capacity for a defense industry company before his retirement. He was also a member of the peace corps in Thailand. The Khmer owner also started developing a borey on adjoining land. Rick lives in one the units there. Since he has no family left in the U. S. he became engaged in this venture for the life-long right to live on the property. He is a friendly and polite person and in no way outwardly indicates his sexual persuasion. Of course, we don't know everything about anybody we meet socially. And most certainly people on this board don't know anything about him (except OML) at all. Their take is based on a falsely headlined post which is due to the wrong Google translation of the article in the PP reporter. Yes, anything is possible as they always say in TV crime series. But please everybody cut the speculation and wait for the outcome of the hearing before the magistrate on Sept. 30.
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"Helping the Police with their Enquiries" does not in any way confer/infer any guilt, either by participation as a perpetrator or as an accessory or by association.
As the saying goes...you are a person of interest...which is far from being the guilty party.

If there is sufficient evidence arrest and detention pre-trial is the normal procedure in Cambodia.

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Ot Mean Loi wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:22 pm "Helping the Police with their Enquiries" does not in any way confer/infer any guilt, either by participation as a perpetrator or as an accessory or by association.
As the saying goes...you are a person of interest...which is far from being the guilty party.

If there is sufficient evidence arrest and detention pre-trial is the normal procedure in Cambodia.

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In which case the title of the thread needs to be changed to reflect the facts, not influence the readers.
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Exactly Freightdog.

Sensational headlines are media and forum stock in trade.
Such tactics improve readership, viewing and forum "Hits", thus increasing revenue for the respective media and forum owners.
But in this more accountable age all forms of media, including forums and individual posters, are slowly being held to account worldwide for their implications and character assassinations.
Damages can result in very substantial payments from courts.

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Valid points made, so we'll change the title to be even more accurate, but I wouldn't say the current title is trying to sensationalize anything, but we're glad to make it even more accurate.

We've also banned 2 GavinMac socks who seemed to be trying to messy up the discussion even further, so that should help a bit, too.
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rubberbaron wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:20 pmMaybe he thought the "friend" was older than 18.
What a remarkably accurate thing to say, considering he's been charged with paying 2 juvenile guys for sex today. Foreshadowing much?
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Jerry Atrick wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:29 pm
rubberbaron wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:20 pmMaybe he thought the "friend" was older than 18.
What a remarkably accurate thing to say, considering he's been charged with paying 2 juvenile guys for sex today. Foreshadowing much?
wow, guess you all that knew him, didn't really know him.

from the site that we cant link to

Kratie: Sources say that Kratie Provincial Court charged a 74-year-old American man on September 19, 2021 under Article 34 of the Law on the Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation ‘purchase of child prostitution’. APLE Cambodia have reportedly announced two ‘underage boys’ were involved in the case.


thread on him and CEO's reaction and having a go at Gonk OTOF
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Glad that was handled quickly, judgement shall be passed!
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