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Fugitive Dutch paedophile Pieter Ceulen believed to be in Siem Reap

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A convicted Dutch paedophile and former banker, Pieter Ceulen, 60, is believed to be in Siem Reap after fleeing Europe this week, just two days before an Antwerp court handed him long prison sentence for child sex crimes.

According to Belgian media sources, the Antwerp criminal court yesterday sentenced Pieter Ceulen to nineteen years in prison. The 60-year-old Dutch businessman who is believed to also hold Belgian citizenship was not in court for the sentencing, and the court ordered his immediate arrest.

Ceulen was arrested in the summer of 2012 by local police in Antwerp, after a tip from the FBI. Police found an enormous amount of child pornography on his computer.

The criminal court found it proven that children in both the Philippines and Cambodia had been sexually abused, including his own three foster daughters. He had also filmed the abuse and shared the films with other pedophiles. The man had 700 gigabytes of child pornography in his possession, a collection on which he had been working for fifteen years. In the court proceedings, Ceulen hoped for understanding because he was abused as a 12-year-old at a boarding school he attended.

Ceulen was spotted a few days ago in Brussels Airport. “He wants to evade clear to his punishment,” said the prosecutor this morning after the court had given the 19 years’ imprisonment. The court has ordered the immediate arrest of the 60-year-old man.

According to local information, Ceulen is a regular visiting to Siem Reap where he is believed to own a luxury villa and to have close connections with a local boutique hotel.

Sources say he is a well-known figure in Siem Reap, where he was reported to be in the process of building an orphanage. In Belgium he sponsored museums, and in 2001 he even donated 25,000 Euro to the Antwerp police to build a child-friendly interrogation room for sex abuse victims.

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9 thoughts on “Fugitive Dutch paedophile Pieter Ceulen believed to be in Siem Reap

  • peeters

    All Belgians living in Cambodia are ashamed for this person. We hope Cambodian authorities will find him and deliver him to Belgian authorities. He better hide as if one of us Belgians find him he will not even have a trial..the cowerd

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  • Please find this fucker asap and show that Cambodia is not as stupid as our Belgian court system. I’ve been in Cambodia building a little bambooschool in 2010 and makes me sick these little kids could fall in the hands of this awful beast. Don’t let him bribe, take this bastard and let him rot in prison.

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  • Canknuckle

    My guess is that if the local Khmer get wind of this the police will not be involved or bothered, he will just quietly disappear or maybe slipped a mysterious “heart attack” pill.

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  • This criminal is on the run and most be arrested. He was arrested before in Cambodia and according to police tapes in Belgium declared the Cambodian police let hem go after he paid €8000.

    Don’t let him bribe the police again! Arrest and deport him!

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  • From:
    …”Impossible to know if it’s true or not.”…

    Television did a special (in Dutch) on him and that is the source. He admitted he paid €8000 to let him walk away from serious charges in Cambodia.

    42:33

    http://www.canvas.be/video/panorama/2016/pieter-0167
    17 jan
    Pieter 0167 is de nickname van een man die verdacht wordt van het aanmaken en verspreiden van kinderporno. De Amerikaanse inlichtingendienst FBI infiltreerde in een gesloten netwerk van pedoseksuelen en kwam hem zo op het spoor.

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  • wpadmin

    You’re quite right. It’s horrible how Khmer440 is the ONLY English language outlet in Cambodia that is highlighting that this guy is walking around quite freely in Siem Reap as we speak, just days after receiving a 19 year prison sentence in Belgium for having 700GB of child porn on his laptop (developed over 15 years), for involving his Cambodian foster children in that abuse, and for regularly travelling to Philippines to have sex with children whom he had previously viewed on abuse websites.

    We are thoroughly ashamed of ourselves for harassing such an upstanding citizen, one perhaps you would prefer was left alone to continue his abuse. That, after all, is what the rest of the English language media seem to be doing here.

    Thankfully the Belgian media are not so forgiving. They have used Khmer440 to track him and have alerted Antwerp police to Ceulen’s location.

    Shame on Khmer440 bullies for daring to suggest this piece of filth should be arrested and imprisoned.

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  • Clyncke

    Don’t have mercy on this bastard. If you find him…don’t deliver him to the police but let people whose children where victims take care of this punk.

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  • Bad Pritt

    ^ There should be a big sign in front of every device that can access the internet which says “Wankers Not Allowed”!

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  • Alfons Van Hoof

    He’s definitely still hiding in Siem Reap.
    According to an article on a Belgian news site
    http://www.hln.be/regio/nieuws-uit-antw … -a2637340/
    he apparently applied last Monday for a volunteering teaching position in one of the local NGO-schools for poo children. A Belgian volunteer had his reserves about the man applying, and was totally surprised to find his picture back on Facebook page, identifying him as the much wanted pedophile.

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