If we post his picture enough times will someone finally get it?
HANOI (Reuters) -
Vietnam police have arrested
HANOI (Reuters) -
Vietnam police have arrested
British rocker Gary Glitter
on a child molestation charge,
a state-run newspaper reported
on Sunday.
The Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper quoted
on Sunday.
The Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper quoted
immigration police
at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat
at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat
airport as saying Glitter
-- whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd
-- whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd
-- was arrested
while trying to board a plane to
while trying to board a plane to
Bangkok on Saturday morning.
Immigration police at the airport declined to comment.
The state-run youth newspaper said police escorted
Glitter back to the southern resort town of Vung Tau
where, according to state-run Vietnamese media, he
had taken home several girls aged 15 or under.
On Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung
said police wanted to question the 61-year-old rocker
about the allegations, which first surfaced in the
British tabloid press.
"If we have evidence of a child sexual violation,
very strict legal measures would be applied,"
Immigration police at the airport declined to comment.
The state-run youth newspaper said police escorted
Glitter back to the southern resort town of Vung Tau
where, according to state-run Vietnamese media, he
had taken home several girls aged 15 or under.
On Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung
said police wanted to question the 61-year-old rocker
about the allegations, which first surfaced in the
British tabloid press.
"If we have evidence of a child sexual violation,
very strict legal measures would be applied,"
Dung said. On Friday police launched a
formal investigation against Glitter.
The age of consent in Vietnam is 16 and
The age of consent in Vietnam is 16 and
sex with minors is punishable by up to
12 years in jail.
Glitter was sentenced to four months in jail in
Glitter was sentenced to four months in jail in
Britain in 1999 after being found guilty
of storing more than 4,000
images of child pornography on the hard
images of child pornography on the hard
drive of his
computer.
computer.
Our children are worth only 4 months?
AGAIN WE LET OUT A CHILD MOLESTER TO
PREY ON OTHERS,
WHAT'S WRONG WITH SOCIETY TODAY?
After his release he went to Cuba then Phnom Penh
Child rights activists hounded him out of
Cambodia twice and have had his name put on an entry blacklist,
although Glitter filed lawsuits last year fighting the deportation
orders.Vietnamese newspapers have reported Glitter had been in
Vietnam for about a year.
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