Kiwi on trial for abusing girls in Cambodia

Published: 5:36AM Wednesday September 22, 2010 Source: Newstalk ZB/ONE News

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  Source: ONE News

A 53-year-old New Zealand man has gone on trial in Cambodia for sexually abusing young girls.

Michael John Lines, who also has Australian citizenship, faces charges of procuring a child for prostitution.

He was arrested in March at a hotel in the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk.

Police accused him of having sex with two underage girls.

The closed door trial was adjourned after a day, and the judge said he would give a verdict in the near future.

Cambodia has long been a magnet for foreign paedophiles because of poverty and poor law enforcement, however in recent years police and courts have increasingly targeted sex offenders.

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