He was arrested in a hotel room in Bangkok in 2019, in the company of two 14-year-old boys, before managing to leave the country illegally and being arrested in France on March 30, 2019. The trial of Jean- Christophe Quenot, accused of sexual assault or rape committed against minors in Malaysia, opened on Friday in Paris.
This ex-French teacher expatriated in Singapore, aged 56, must answer for six rapes and 19 sexual assaults on Malaysian boys aged 10 to 17 between January 2014 and October 2017. While in police custody, he admitted to paying young boys to satisfy his fantasies. “We find young boys open to commercial sex because they are poor and need pocket money,” he explained. Asked about the films he filmed during his sexual encounters, he assured that “the kids like to play porn star when they have sex with me”.
Suspected of having abused at least fifty minors in Asia
More than 174,000 photos and videos showing him abusing children were seized by investigators. After the testimony of experts and investigators, the court planned to question him on Monday. The requisitions and the verdict are expected Tuesday.
The accused is only being tried for these facts alone even though he is suspected of having committed sexual abuse against at least fifty minors in several countries (Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia). ) for around thirty years. French justice wanted to “split” the different cases in which he is involved.
“Particularly heavy investigations both due to the number of sexual abuses extended over time and international investigations (…), must continue with regard to the other charges,” the investigators estimated.