The town that I live in seems to have had an explosion in its population of undesirable expats. These mainly consist of older, male predators of children & young Cambodian women who spend the majority of their time sitting in bars, drinking copious amounts of draft beer for 50 cents a glass & chain smoking 25 cent packs of Cambodian cigarettes not to mention various narcotics. They tend to look down on volunteers & NGO workers because being an alcoholic, chain-smoking, sexual predator & paedophile is a much more honourable vocation.
One such expat was recently arrested after a combined surveillance operation by Cambodian police & a child protection NGO. The comments on the news report even alleged he may be HIV positive, as if preying on vulnerable street children with glue addictions wasn't bad enough.
I read a blog recently that although deliberately provoking gave 7 good reasons for expats not to move from Thailand to Cambodia. I wish more undesirables would heed this advice.
My good (desirable) friends got stung by one such expat con man recently who turned out to be very well known around these parts. There is a reason why people come to a country with a corrupt police force & alack of law & order, they are not always good ones. Being trusting & having a good heart won't always protect you.
One such expat was recently arrested after a combined surveillance operation by Cambodian police & a child protection NGO. The comments on the news report even alleged he may be HIV positive, as if preying on vulnerable street children with glue addictions wasn't bad enough.
I read a blog recently that although deliberately provoking gave 7 good reasons for expats not to move from Thailand to Cambodia. I wish more undesirables would heed this advice.
My good (desirable) friends got stung by one such expat con man recently who turned out to be very well known around these parts. There is a reason why people come to a country with a corrupt police force & alack of law & order, they are not always good ones. Being trusting & having a good heart won't always protect you.
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