Vietnamese national Nguyen Tangdung pictured last year. Photo supplied
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Thu, 13 July 2017
Kong Meta and Erin Handley
A Vietnamese national was found guilty of torturing and raping a 2-year-old child and sentenced to 18 years in prison in absentia in a Cambodian court on Thursday.
Nguyen Tangdung remains in Vietnamese custody after his Dutch boyfriend, Stefan Struik, encouraged him to flee the country after videos of the abuse went viral on Facebook in December.
For Struik’s role in concealing evidence and failing to report the mistreatment of a child, he was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of four million riel (about $1,000), according to Mondulkiri Provincial Court spokesman Meas Bros.
Bros added that Tangdung was also sentenced to pay 80 million riel (about $20,000) to the family of the young victim.
The horrific videos capturing Tangdung’s abuse of the toddler made international headlines and shocked Cambodians when they surfaced online last year.
The Child Protection Unit’s James McCabe, who assisted Cambodian and Vietnamese authorities with the investigation, welcomed the sentences.
“The judge has reflected the community outrage at the crime and sentenced the perpetrator accordingly,” McCabe said.
“I can report the victim is recovering well and I thank the Cambodian community for the way they supported him and his family.”
1 comment:
This Yuon asshole is criminal. Dutch man has been fooled by this Yuon idiot that ended up going to the hell. Why did Dutch guy not be aware of the bad Yuon/Vietnamese reputation in the history? The foreigners should be aware of many of the Yuon/Vietnamese folks who are barbaric and deadly because they are manipulators who like to make you guys like and be fond of them (evil Yuon folks like Drgunzet).
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