Sihanoukville: reports of up to 40 foreign passports lost or stolen.

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Can't believe people actually believe they'll get anything other than an insincere sorry.
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Doesn't Travel Insurance cover this sort of thing?
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Username Taken wrote:Doesn't Travel Insurance cover this sort of thing?
Sihanoukville folk with travel insurance? You're having a laugh, surely
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SinnSisamouth wrote:i would say it is the agents fault as they are the ones in receipt of the passport so they should take care of it

and seriously, putting them on a bus!
on a virak bus!!! :ROFL:

unbelievable
Yeah, they sure picked the most notorious bus company, known for random thieving and unsafe luggage protection.
Maybe from now on they will use Sorya buses ? Or the Rith Mony express ? :dragonchase:

That said, shouldn't knock Sorya buses; I sent a key in an envelope across country the other week with them, including a change in PP, and it was delivered to the door.
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epidemiks wrote:
Username Taken wrote:Doesn't Travel Insurance cover this sort of thing?
Sihanoukville folk with travel insurance? You're having a laugh, surely
I'm sure we could guess that some of them were tourists with insurance.

The others, the ones with beards, will be getting it from their family and friends, "I told you to get insurance, blah, blah, . . ".


And the ones whose visas had already expired were probably in on the Great Passport disappearance anyway.
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Anchor Moy wrote:
SinnSisamouth wrote:i would say it is the agents fault as they are the ones in receipt of the passport so they should take care of it

and seriously, putting them on a bus!
on a virak bus!!! :ROFL:

unbelievable
Yeah, they sure picked the most notorious bus company, known for random thieving and unsafe luggage protection.
Maybe from now on they will use Sorya buses ? Or the Rith Mony express ? :dragonchase:

That said, shouldn't knock Sorya buses; I sent a key in an envelope across country the other week with them, including a change in PP, and it was delivered to the door.
did the burglars leave the key in the front door after they robbed you?
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It's hard to believe they left 12k in box with passports.

Surly they can just get their 300 back and spend 100 on a new passport.
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LionsLeftTesticle wrote:It's hard to believe they left 12k in box with passports.

Surly they can just get their 300 back and spend 100 on a new passport.
US $120 for 10 years
UK £72.50
Australian $277

Will Cambodia transfer a 1 year extension from an old passport to a new one? I had to carry both passports with me before when i had an old passport with my one year extension and my new passport where they stamped me in.

This is will be a huge headache and expense for many...
And the ones whose visas had already expired were probably in on the Great Passport disappearance anyway.
someone with an expired passport /visa, would not be applying for an extension or a visa for another country
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Tourists Left in Limbo After Passport Theft From Agency
February 7, 2017

About 50 tourists whose passports were stolen after being sent away for visa extensions last month were still in limbo on Monday despite a large travel agency reportedly agreeing to foot the bill for new documentation.

According to Chea Sokhum, a branch manager at bus company Virak Buntham, 50 passports were sent to VLK Travel in Sihanoukville from smaller agencies in the coastal town last month. VLK then passed them onto CPSTA, a logistics company, who arranged for the package to be taken to Phnom Penh on a Virak Buntham bus on January 22, Ms. Sokhum said.

The passports were then placed in a Virak Buntham office in Daun Penh district, but were stolen by “two scavengers” that night as a security guard napped, she said.

On Monday, 20 representatives of small travel agencies in Sihanoukville met with VLK, which agreed to foot the bill for issuing new documentation, said Keo Sreyrath, the owner of Otres Tour & Travel.
“I already settled it for the clients. I sent them to Phnom Penh to get new passports, and I will pay for all the expenses,” she said, adding that VLK would reimburse her.
VLK representatives declined to comment...

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CEOCambodiaNews wrote:Tourists Left in Limbo After Passport Theft From Agency
February 7, 2017

About 50 tourists whose passports were stolen after being sent away for visa extensions last month were still in limbo on Monday despite a large travel agency reportedly agreeing to foot the bill for new documentation.

According to Chea Sokhum, a branch manager at bus company Virak Buntham, 50 passports were sent to VLK Travel in Sihanoukville from smaller agencies in the coastal town last month. VLK then passed them onto CPSTA, a logistics company, who arranged for the package to be taken to Phnom Penh on a Virak Buntham bus on January 22, Ms. Sokhum said.

The passports were then placed in a Virak Buntham office in Daun Penh district, but were stolen by “two scavengers” that night as a security guard napped, she said.

On Monday, 20 representatives of small travel agencies in Sihanoukville met with VLK, which agreed to foot the bill for issuing new documentation, said Keo Sreyrath, the owner of Otres Tour & Travel.
“I already settled it for the clients. I sent them to Phnom Penh to get new passports, and I will pay for all the expenses,” she said, adding that VLK would reimburse her.
VLK representatives declined to comment...

https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tour ... cy-124680/


] but were stolen by “two scavengers” that night as a security guard napped, she said.

There we go,,, that's where the problem starts and finishes. I blame those security guards for not taking their daily dose of chemicals to keep their eyes open and stay awake.
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