Ngokwemithombo yabezindaba ePhnom Penh, amaphoyisa aseCambodia abophe indoda yase-Australia ngezinsolo zokukhokhela ucansi namantombazane asemancane iminyaka eminingi.
Umsolwa ohlonzwe ngamaphoyisa ngelikaMichael John Lines (52) uboshwe izolo. Amaphoyisa asola ukuthi ubelala namantombazane amabili, manje aneminyaka engu-17.
UMajor General Bith Kimhong, ongumqondisi wophiko olulwa nokushushumbiswa kwabantu eMnyangweni Wezangaphakathi, namuhla uthe omunye wabasolwa useyingoduso yale ndoda.
UBith Kimhong wengeze ngokuthi amaphoyisa asola ukuthi uhlukumeze izingane eziningi futhi “useneminyaka emine enza la macala.”
Uthe umsolwa uzovela eNkantolo kaMasipala wasePhnom Penh ngokuhamba kwesikhathi namuhla ukuze abekwe icala “lokuthenga ucansi ezinganeni.”
Inqwaba yabantu bakwamanye amazwe baboshwe ngamacala ocansi ezingane noma badingiswa ukuze baquliswe amacala emazweni abo kusukela iCambodia yethula umkhankaso wokulwa ne-pedophilia ngo-2003 ukuzama ukususa isithunzi sayo njengendawo yabanukubezi.
UMnyango Wezangaphandle Nezohwebo e-Australia (DFAT) ukuqinisekisile ukuboshwa.
"Inxusa lase-Australia ePhnom Penh liyazi ngokuboshwa kwendoda eneminyaka engu-52 ubudala yaseQueensland ngezinsolo zokuhlukumeza ngokocansi kwezingane," kusho okhulumela i-DFAT.
"Inxusa lase-Australia lihlinzeka le ndoda ngosizo lwenxusa."
