Extra scrutiny of teachers urged

22 October 2015
The Phnom Penh Post
Development and assistance for families, children and youth / Family, children and youth
British Embassy in Cambodia / International Child Protection Certificate (ICPC)

The arrest on Saturday of a registered British sex offender, employed at a Phnom Penh school for the past year, has cast doubt on the screening of foreign nationals working with children in Cambodia.

With wanted sex offender Paul Prestige’s extradition pending, the British Embassy yesterday issued an online reminder about the worldwide mechanism for intercepting UK child-sex offenders seeking employment overseas: the International Child Protection Certificate (ICPC), introduced in 2013. …

 Zoe Holman
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