SEX TOURISM LAW

According to The Straits Times, a US military veteran is to be the first person prosecuted under a new anti-pedophile law. Passed last April and called the Protect Act, it

. . . allows prosecutors to charge the suspect with overseas sex crimes without having to prove he left the country with that intent, US law enforcement officials said.

"Thousands of...US citizens, travel abroad to commit these kinds of crimes," said Mr. Leigh Winchell, Special Agent in Charge at the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Seattle.

The veteran, 69-year-old Michael Clark, was arrested in Phnom Penh for "debauchery involving illicit sexual conduct" with boys approximately 10 and 13 years old. He was transferred to US custody. Papers filed in US District Court indicate that Clark spent considerable time in Cambodia within the past five years and may have molested as many as 50 boys. He faces up to 30 years in prison.

Splendid.