An Australian man, 68, was arrested yesterday for allegedly buying sex services from an underage girl in the capital’s Daun Penh district.

Ten Borany, deputy director for the anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection department at the Ministry of Interior, said his department cooperated with the rights group International Justice Mission and Wat Phnom commune police to arrest Paul Codognato.

Codognato was discovered with a 17-year-old girl at a house in Wat Phnom commune, Ten Borany said.