Three Pakistani cops in the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti have been found guilty of sexual abuse and ordered jailed, the UN said Tuesday. The three police men were at the center of one of two new sexual abuse investigations involving UN police in the Caribbean nation announced in January.
UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said a court-martial had been held by the Pakistani military in Haiti and the three had been found guilty, ordered jailed and repatriated. "A senior Pakistani official visited Haiti on March 8 and 9 to meet with Haitian authorities and informed them that three individuals were found guilty of sexual exploitation and abuse through a court martial proceeding undertaken in accordance with the national laws of Pakistan," Nesirky told a press briefing.
The three will be imprisoned and given a dishonourable discharge on their return to Pakistan, the UN mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, was told, according to the spokesman. Details of the prison term were not immediately known. "The guilty parties have been repatriated and the United Nations is further liasing with the Pakistani authorities to examine the formal details of the procedures and to ensure a follow-up," Nesirky added.
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