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Jailed New Zealander's family claim Cambodia bribery |
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Foreign affairs officials are planning to meet the family of a
former Wellington man jailed in Cambodia for raping five girls to
discuss allegations of corruption in the case.
Graham Cleghorn, 60, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after
being convicted in February 2004 of raping five young women, all of
whom had worked at his home in the tourist town of Siem Reap.
The former Angkor temple tour guide maintains he was framed by
the Cambodian Women's Crisis Centre - an activist group involved
in helping to prosecute sex crime cases - in a bid to garner aid
funding.
However, last month Cambodia's appeal court rejected his
appeal.
Now Cleghorn's daughter, Heidi Madeley, has raised allegations
of requests for bribes in the case.
A spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister Mr Peters today said
family members of Cleghorn had written to him about the allegation
and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials planned to meet
with them and hear their case.
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