we find a nation still suffering from the trauma of the 1970s and 80s, when an estimated 2 million cambodians died because of war, famine and a ruthless dictatorship. but there are also signs of recovery here. more tourists, for instance, like jerry, a doctor from oklahoma our camera crew meets up with in the heart of the cambodian capital. he says he likes it so much he visits several times a year. the cambodian people have been most welcome and courteous and they ve got some of the most remarkable architectural finds here. most notably, the temples of anchor box. it s not only the legendary temples that draw dr. album to cambodia. with our undercover cameras, we soon find out like other
as they re loaded into the van, they re in shock. several like tau still sobbing. others like this little girl, ting, more subdued. escorted by officers from the cambodian ministry of interior, they pull away from this place where they lost so much, hopefully never to return. so where will these girls end up? can they ever escape their path? you re about to find out. a confrontation with the doctor. i don t want to make judgments for something i may have said when i was drunk or may have been slipped a pill. who knows? drunk or slipped a pill? right. that s your defense? children for sale continues. first he adjusts. first he adjusts. (sfx:engine revving drowns out gecko s dialogue)
safehouse. for the moment, it s the calm after the storm, their fate still uncertain. for gary haugen, the head of the human rights group that made all this happen, it s a moment to pause and be thankful, but he says if you really want to attack the child sex trade, you need to go after the people most responsible. anybody who preys upon children should suffer the consequences of it. they need to be properly brought to justice. one man in particular he hopes authorities will catch up with is dr. jerry albom, who has bragged about having sex with teen sex slaves. usually, i buy out three three girls for 50 bucks, take them for the whole night. we want to ask dr. albom about his comments. we learned he is temporarily practicing medicine on the island of guam, a tiny u.s. territory in the pacific. early one morning in june 2003, we wait for him to show up for work.
with a guardian. remarkably, the girls say they appreciate the family visits. do you ever think you ll go back and live with them? translator: i could, but i don t want to go back. you like it right here? translator: yes. do you ever go back to svay pak at all? translator: i want to forget that story. instead, they say, they prefer to focus on the next chapter of their lives. and they expect it to be a happy one. when i grow up, i want to be a dance teacher. i want to be the ceo of a company or an organization. i want to become a doctor. that they re able to have these dreams shows just how far these girls have come. all in all, sue taylor says they re coping pretty well. i think they will always have scars. i think those scars will never heal totally. what do you think the chances are that they ll grow up to have a normal, successful life? i feel quite confident that they will. i think that they came in so young and that was the great
hey, dr. albom, chris hansen with dateline nbc. how are you? nice to meet you. we re doing an investigation into the trade of underage prostitutes in cambodia. and we know that you ve frequented some of the places around phnom penh and svay pak. that s true, i have visited there many times. with underage girls? no, not to my knowledge. may i show you a videotape? yes, but not on camera. well, i think you ll want to see this. we show him some of the undercover video. i usually take they re usually very, very young. we say 15, 16, maybe a 14-year-old might sneak in if you can t tell the age. you say maybe a 15, 16, even a 14-year-old girl could sneak in if you can t tell the age. that s underage, doctor. i don t want to say anything more, but i ve read about things like this.