Phnom Penh - A Swiss national has been jailed for two years by a Cambodian court for committing indecent acts against a 14-year-old boy, local media reported Friday.
Rudolph Knuchel, 62, a long-time resident of the tourist hub of Siem Reap in north-western Cambodia, was also ordered to pay a fine of 1,200 US dollars to the victim.
The judge suspended one year of Knuchel's two-year sentence, the Phnom Penh Post newspaper reported, and ruled he would not be expelled from the country after serving time.
A lawyer with a local child protection NGO complained the court had unjustifiably pursued a lesser charge against Knuchel of engaging in sexual conduct with a minor.
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