Three Pak police in the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti have been found guilty of sexual abuse and ordered tossed in the clink, the UN said Tuesday.The three police were at the center of one of two new sexual abuse investigations involving UN police in the Caribbean nation announced in January.
UN front man Martin Nesirky said a court-martial had been held by the Pak military in Haiti and the three had been found guilty, ordered tossed in the clink and repatriated.
"A senior Pak 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 Pakistain," Nesirky told a press briefing.
The three will be imprisoned and given a dishonorable discharge on their return to Pakistain, the UN mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, was told, according to the front man. Details of the prison term were not immediately known.
"The guilty parties have been repatriated and the United Nations
...an organization whose definition of
human rightsis interesting, to say the least...
is further liaising with the Pak authorities to examine the formal details of the procedures and to ensure a followup," Nesirky added.
The three Pak police were based at a UN camp in the city of Gonaives. The UN said in January that it was also investigating allegations against UN police in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Details of that case have not been released.