Cambodia group blasts short penalty for pedophilia

Published October 2, 2012 12:19pm ET



BATTAMBANG, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian child protection organization has attacked the short jail sentences given to two Frenchmen convicted of pedophilia.

A court in Battambang in northwestern Cambodia convicted 67-year-old Jean Vidon and 63-year-old Denis Page on Tuesday of child sex abuse and gave them jail terms of two years, with one year suspended. They are set to be released in about three weeks because of time already served.

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