Man held in Brazil for kissing daughter
Published:Monday | September 7, 2009 | 6:13 PM
There is growing controversy in Brazil over the arrest of an Italian tourist held after kissing his eight-year-old daughter in public.
Witnesses told police that the man allegedly touched the girl in an intimate way.
Under a strict new law partly designed to combat child sex abuse in South America\'s largest country, the man faces eight to 15 years in jail if convicted.
The unnamed man has been in custody for almost a week.
A new attempt to secure his release this weekend reportedly failed.
His Brazilian wife says the case is all a misunderstanding, while staff at the resort where the incident took place have been reported as saying they saw nothing unusual.