Five Britons in Cambodia have been charged with producing pornographic pictures after images emerged of people simulating sex positions.
They were among a group of ten tourists who were arrested after police officers raided a rented villa in the resort of Siem Reap.
A Cambodian expatriate website published images released by police of clothed tourists demonstrating sexual positions on the floor of the villa during a party.
The villa was a stop on a pub crawl, police said. The tourists could face a year in jail if convicted. Among the eight men and two women arrested were Vincent Hook, 35, Daniel Jones, 30, Thomas Jeffries, 22, Billy Stevens, 21, and Paul Harris, 32 — all British.
Also detained were Job Robertus van der Wel, 22, from the Netherlands, Jessica Drolet, 25, and Eden Koazoleas, 19, from Canada, David Ballovarre, 22, from Norway, and Paul Brasch, 32, from New Zealand.
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Samrith Sokhon, prosecutor of the Siem Reap provincial court, said: “Any people producing pornography is contrary to Cambodia’s traditions.”
A member of the group, who wished to remain anonymous, said that none of those arrested were in the photographs.
“Honestly, it was really confusing,” he said.
“They raided, rounded us up — there were 80 to 100 people at this party, some of them were tourists. There were about 30 [police].”
The prisoner said that the group believed the investigation was targeting tourists and expats for wearing bikinis in public and taking part in pub crawls.
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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: “We are assisting five British men arrested in Cambodia and are providing support to their families.”