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These are old news. Everyone keeps beating on Cambodia for this. There have been many crackdowns and the scammers have moved on to other countries. Cambodia is

These are old news. Everyone keeps beating on Cambodia for this. There have been many crackdowns and the scammers have moved on to other countries. Cambodia is an easy country for western critics to rain on because it does not have the money to run its own PR campaigns like Thailand or Vietnam which also have many of these scam operations.

raincom 2y ago
I have nothing against Cambodia. I posted these links because of the Chinese mafia connection. The latter will move to another country and lure people desperate for jobs (Indians to scam Indians, Chinese to scam fellow countrymen).
- bugbuddy 2y ago
  If you want to read about Chinese mafia connection, here is the Wikipedia link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triad_(organized_crime) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triad_(organized_crime) Try searching for Cambodia and see how many times it shows up. Now try Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore. Do you want to know the truth? The truth is those are now rich countries that can spend more on PR and wield greater influence on foreign media than Cambodia. So, the international media pile on the easy target that is Cambodia.
logicchains 2y ago
Vietnam and Thailand may be corrupt but they've still got much stronger rule of law than Cambodia.
- bugbuddy 2y ago
  That’s an impressive statement given the recent political event in Thailand where the biggest populist party just got dissolved and the politicians got banned for decades again! As for Vietnam, have you tried living there and doing any business? Check out this first hand experience by an American businessman: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6hAagmq5pwk https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6hAagmq5pwk The lack of “rule of law” is a convenient phrase to denigrate a country you have little to no experience living in. Cambodia is not perfect but it is not necessarily worse than its neighbors when it comes to the “rule of law.” The subject is complex and full of nuances that a single phrase is not gonna do anyone justice.
  - tim333 2y ago
    Dunno - I've spent time in all those places and Cambodia is easily the worst in that way and I think the only one of the three that supports the stuff mentioned. Apparently the other country in the region with similar stuff going on is Myanmar.
    - bugbuddy 2y ago
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      - meiraleal 2y ago
        That's creepy and just prove that the rule of law doesn't exist in Cambodia
        bugbuddy 2y ago
        Why would it be creepy? Could you explain? Also why would that prove the rule of law does not exist? You can do the exact same thing in the USA with FOIA request. Your statement just proves that you have no idea what you are talking about. Beside government sources, there are many other commercial ways to get a person’s travel history. If you think your travel history is private, you are delusional.
        meiraleal 2y ago
        You are completely out of sense if you think it is normal to go around telling people you can check their travel history with local authorities. You are just too weird to not notice that saying that only picture you as a crazy harasser. You are not making things looks better for Cambodia, pretty much the opposite.
        bugbuddy 2y ago
        I never said I was gonna do it without the person’s signed consent. That’s your wrong assumption. I even asked if he wanted to do it. I was not even 100% sure it would be possible. I just assumed Cambodia would have the same processes as the US FOIA. Google it yourself. For the connection, it is also your assumption that it is with local authorities. For all you know, I could mean any international law firm that is willing to do some paper work. See how your biases cloud your views? You assume the worst for anyone not sharing your backgrounds or views. As for harassing, I don’t think calling out people’s BS on the internet is harassing and it should be protected as an exercise in freedom of speech. That’s what I tried to do. Calling out what I believed was complete BS. Do I need to make Cambodia look better? No but I have actually been there and I have seen the bomb craters left from Nixon and LBJ’s bombs and I read about the subsequent effects the bombings had. Take from this whatever you want.

raincom 2y ago

I have nothing against Cambodia. I posted these links because of the Chinese mafia connection. The latter will move to another country and lure people desperate for jobs (Indians to scam Indians, Chinese to scam fellow countrymen).

bugbuddy 2y ago
If you want to read about Chinese mafia connection, here is the Wikipedia link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triad_(organized_crime) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triad_(organized_crime) Try searching for Cambodia and see how many times it shows up. Now try Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore. Do you want to know the truth? The truth is those are now rich countries that can spend more on PR and wield greater influence on foreign media than Cambodia. So, the international media pile on the easy target that is Cambodia.

logicchains 2y ago

Vietnam and Thailand may be corrupt but they've still got much stronger rule of law than Cambodia.

bugbuddy 2y ago
That’s an impressive statement given the recent political event in Thailand where the biggest populist party just got dissolved and the politicians got banned for decades again! As for Vietnam, have you tried living there and doing any business? Check out this first hand experience by an American businessman: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6hAagmq5pwk https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6hAagmq5pwk The lack of “rule of law” is a convenient phrase to denigrate a country you have little to no experience living in. Cambodia is not perfect but it is not necessarily worse than its neighbors when it comes to the “rule of law.” The subject is complex and full of nuances that a single phrase is not gonna do anyone justice.
- tim333 2y ago
  Dunno - I've spent time in all those places and Cambodia is easily the worst in that way and I think the only one of the three that supports the stuff mentioned. Apparently the other country in the region with similar stuff going on is Myanmar.
  - bugbuddy 2y ago
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    - meiraleal 2y ago
      That's creepy and just prove that the rule of law doesn't exist in Cambodia
      - bugbuddy 2y ago
        Why would it be creepy? Could you explain? Also why would that prove the rule of law does not exist? You can do the exact same thing in the USA with FOIA request. Your statement just proves that you have no idea what you are talking about. Beside government sources, there are many other commercial ways to get a person’s travel history. If you think your travel history is private, you are delusional.
        meiraleal 2y ago
        You are completely out of sense if you think it is normal to go around telling people you can check their travel history with local authorities. You are just too weird to not notice that saying that only picture you as a crazy harasser. You are not making things looks better for Cambodia, pretty much the opposite.
        bugbuddy 2y ago
        I never said I was gonna do it without the person’s signed consent. That’s your wrong assumption. I even asked if he wanted to do it. I was not even 100% sure it would be possible. I just assumed Cambodia would have the same processes as the US FOIA. Google it yourself. For the connection, it is also your assumption that it is with local authorities. For all you know, I could mean any international law firm that is willing to do some paper work. See how your biases cloud your views? You assume the worst for anyone not sharing your backgrounds or views. As for harassing, I don’t think calling out people’s BS on the internet is harassing and it should be protected as an exercise in freedom of speech. That’s what I tried to do. Calling out what I believed was complete BS. Do I need to make Cambodia look better? No but I have actually been there and I have seen the bomb craters left from Nixon and LBJ’s bombs and I read about the subsequent effects the bombings had. Take from this whatever you want.