The Phnom Penh Post
A PHNOM Penh woman accused of severely abusing two teenagers who worked as domestic servants in her home has been charged with battery, court officials said.
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday laid the charge against Sao Chanthy, 38, following her arrest on the weekend, according to deputy court prosecutor Ek Chheng Huot.
Rights workers and local police have accused the Sen Sok district woman of torturing a 17-year-old boy and his 14-year-old sister, after both were found with scars on their bodies following a tip-off from neighbours earlier this month.
But rights advocates have questioned the charge, saying that it does not reflect the severity of the crime.
Am Sam Ath, technical supervisor with rights group Licadho, which brought the case to police attention last week, said he believed the charge was inadequate compared with the abuse inflicted on the two children.
“If they said that the case was intentional battery, that implies it happened only one time,” he said. “But in this case, [the abuse] continued for a long time.... It was torture.”
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday laid the charge against Sao Chanthy, 38, following her arrest on the weekend, according to deputy court prosecutor Ek Chheng Huot.
Rights workers and local police have accused the Sen Sok district woman of torturing a 17-year-old boy and his 14-year-old sister, after both were found with scars on their bodies following a tip-off from neighbours earlier this month.
But rights advocates have questioned the charge, saying that it does not reflect the severity of the crime.
Am Sam Ath, technical supervisor with rights group Licadho, which brought the case to police attention last week, said he believed the charge was inadequate compared with the abuse inflicted on the two children.
“If they said that the case was intentional battery, that implies it happened only one time,” he said. “But in this case, [the abuse] continued for a long time.... It was torture.”
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