PRISTINA: A UN refugee official working in Kosovo was charged on Thursday with alleged sexual abuse of minors in this UN-administered province, officials said. Rashidoon Khan, a Pakistani, was charged by an international prosecutor with two counts of sexual abuse of minors under the age of 16 and two counts of human trafficking, said Neeraj Singh a UN spokesman. Khan, who was working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Kosovo, was arrested earlier this year. His alleged crimes were committed between September and December last year, Singh said. The exact nature of the offences was not disclosed. A juvenile was charged with human trafficking along with Khan, Singh added. Kosovo has been run by the United Nations since 1999. |