Buddhist monk 'admits' tourist rape
Updated on 19 November 2008
Reports that a British tourist was allegedly raped by a teenage monk in Cambodia are being investigated by the Foreign Office.
Police in the south-east Asian country arrested the Buddhist monk after the 39-year-old woman told officers he attacked her while guiding her to a mountain-top temple.
According to reports, novice monk Thorn Sophoan, 17, confessed to police in Battambang province in north-western Cambodia.
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