Wahi a nā kumu hoʻolaha ma Phnom Penh, ua hopu nā mākaʻi Cambodia i kahi kanaka Australia no ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana no ka uku ʻana i ka moekolohe me nā kaikamahine ʻōpio i nā makahiki he nui.
ʻO ka mea i manaʻo ʻia e nā mākaʻi ʻo Michael John Lines, 52, i hopu ʻia i nehinei. Ua ʻōlelo nā mākaʻi ua moe ʻo ia me ʻelua mau kaikamahine, i kēia manawa he 17.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Major General Bith Kimhong, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Anti-trafficking Unit o ke Kuhina Kalaiaina, i kēia lā, ʻo kekahi o nā mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia ke kāne hoʻopalau.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Bith Kimhong ua manaʻo nā mākaʻi ua hana ʻino ʻo ia i nā keiki he nui a ua "hana ʻo ia i nā hewa no ʻehā makahiki."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hele mai ke kanaka ma ka ʻAha Kaona ʻo Phnom Penh ma hope o kēia lā e hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka "kūʻai ʻana i ka wahine mai nā keiki."
Ua hoʻopaʻahao ʻia ka nui o nā haole no ka hewa moe kolohe a i ʻole i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e kū i ka hoʻokolokolo ma ko lākou ʻāina home mai ka wā i hoʻokumu ai ʻo Cambodia i kahi anti-pedophilia push ma 2003 e hoʻāʻo e hoʻoluliluli i kona inoa ma ke ʻano he puʻuhonua no ka poʻe ʻaihue.
Ua hōʻoia ka 'Oihana o ko nā ʻāina ʻē a me ke Kālepa (DFAT) i ka hopu ʻia.
"Ua ʻike ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma Phnom Penh i ka hopu ʻia ʻana o kahi kanaka Queensland 52 makahiki ma muli o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā hewa moe keiki," wahi a kahi waha ʻōlelo DFAT.
"Ke hāʻawi nei ka Embassy Australia i ke kanaka me ke kōkua consular."
