Monday, February 22, 2010

Cambodians jailed for torturing 11-year-old maid

2010-02-20
The Associated Press

A Cambodian schoolteacher and her husband were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for torturing an 11-year-old girl they had purchased to be their domestic helper and held captive for more than a year, an official said Saturday.
Meas Neary, 41, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and her husband, Va Sarouen, a 62-year-old retired Ministry of Education official, will serve 10 years behind bars, said judge Chan Madina.
Police arrested the couple in October, acting on a tip from neighbors that their young maid was being abused.

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