B.C. man under police surveillance while awaiting sex tourism sentencing

27 May 2010 2119 | Cambodia Travel News

A 59-year-old international art dealer who has pleaded guilty to 15 sex tourism offences in Colombia and Cambodia is under police surveillance while awaiting sentencing, a judge was told Thursday.

Crown prosecutor Brendan McCabe is seeking to vary the bail of sex offender Kenneth Robert Klassen of Burnaby to put him on the electronic monitoring program. Until then, he told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Austin Cullen, Klassen is under police surveillance.

"He is aware of being followed," McCabe told the court.

Surveillance is being conducted by the Integrated Sexual Predator Observation Team because the Crown considered Klassen a flight risk, said Vancouver RCMP Cpl. Annie Linteau. Klassen had to surrender his passport as part of his bail conditions, which include not to be in the presence of children without permission, to remain in B.C. and not to be away from his residence more than 24 hours.

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