Khmers Seem Worried About This Stinky, Homeless Barang

Bhodi · Post by **Bhodi** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 11:48 pm

vladimir wrote:I'm sure LTO will help you draft your request, Bhodi.

What does LTO mean? And judging by the obvious sarcasm my notion of embassies and their function is clearly an error but the British Embassy helped me in Germany mind you I'm not some strung out junkie or anything please clue me in guys do you mean to tell me I won't get help from my own Embassy?

Samouth · Post by **Samouth** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:02 am

Bhodi wrote:
vladimir wrote:I'm sure LTO will help you draft your request, Bhodi.

What does LTO mean? And judging by the obvious sarcasm my notion of embassies and their function is clearly an error but the British Embassy helped me in Germany mind you I'm not some strung out junkie or anything please clue me in guys do you mean to tell me I won't get help from my own Embassy?

I am not sure about British Embassy. There were a lot of reports by Cambodians who had been cheated by people to work as waiter or as step wife or sex slave in abroad like Malaysia and China. When they went to the embassy for help as they wanted to fly back home, but they could not because their passports were confiscated, the embassy didn't give a fuck about it. They technically were helped by some international organisations who pushed the embassy to do it. Suck #Cambodia. #kingdom of Wonder/Doubt.

AFAIK, LTO is an American who has been living here quite long and he knows a lot of about Cambodia. I am not sure about his job and also why people suggested that he might help you with the draft.

Bhodi · Post by **Bhodi** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:31 am

Samouth wrote:
Bhodi wrote:
vladimir wrote:I'm sure LTO will help you draft your request, Bhodi.

What does LTO mean? And judging by the obvious sarcasm my notion of embassies and their function is clearly an error but the British Embassy helped me in Germany mind you I'm not some strung out junkie or anything please clue me in guys do you mean to tell me I won't get help from my own Embassy?
I am not sure about British Embassy. There were a lot of reports by Cambodians who had been cheated by people to work as waiter or as step wife or sex slave in abroad like Malaysia and China. When they went to the embassy for help as they wanted to fly back home, but they could not because their passports were confiscated, the embassy didn't give a fuck about it. They technically were helped by some international organisations who pushed the embassy to do it. Suck #Cambodia. #kingdom of Wonder/Doubt.

AFAIK, LTO is an American who has been living here quite long and he knows a lot of about Cambodia. I am not sure about his job and also why people suggested that he might help you with the draft.

Thank you for the clarification.

Anchor Moy · Post by **Anchor Moy** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:59 am

Bhodi wrote:
PSD-Kiwi wrote:
Bhodi wrote:... I wonder if things have changed I hope not because if I ever did get in trouble again I expect them to fly me home.

Please forgive my ignorance and aparent stupidity but all this time I've been under the impression that my embassy was there to help me.

You must've missed the singlet/ UK embassy thread which raged over two forums. Blood and intestines all over the place. Too long and too vicious to sum up here.
It's old stuff now, but it can be set off again by any references to embassies or homeless people in singlets. I wouldn't worry about it.

Anyway, thanks for that dose of optimism. I feel better already.

Samouth · Post by **Samouth** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:28 am

Anchor Moy wrote:
Bhodi wrote:
PSD-Kiwi wrote:
Bhodi wrote:... I wonder if things have changed I hope not because if I ever did get in trouble again I expect them to fly me home.

Please forgive my ignorance and aparent stupidity but all this time I've been under the impression that my embassy was there to help me.
You must've missed the singlet/ UK embassy thread which raged over two forums. Blood and intestines all over the place. Too long and too vicious to sum up here.
It's old stuff now, but it can be set off again by any references to embassies or homeless people in singlets. I wouldn't worry about it.

Anyway, thanks for that dose of optimism. I feel better already.

Actually the case you mentioned above shocked me, i always believed that developed countries care much about their people. i couldn't believe that the UK embassy in Cambodia didn't really give a shit to these two guys.

hanno · Post by **hanno** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:32 am

Samouth wrote:i always believed that developed countries care much about their people.

No offense, but do you believe in little green men from Mars?;-) Developed countries do not really give a shit about their citizens and the over-paid, under-worked staff at the Embassy generally do even less so....

vladimir · Post by **vladimir** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:44 am

I've heard quite a few Americans saying how their embassies helped them (bar the suspected drug dealer who died/was murdered gavinmac went off at them about). I haven't heard a single person praise the Brit one, but to be fair, I don't attend champagne breakfasts or receptions, so how could I?

I think citizens who expect help are seen as troublesome reminders of those four-letter concepts, 'work' and 'official job description', and are accordingly consigned to the 'pending/hope it will go away' basket.

Samouth · Post by **Samouth** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:52 am

I don't think it is a big deal to mistakenly believe on something. As you can on media and stuff, developed countries seem to really care about human rights, people are treated fairly and equally. To be honest, i still believe that government in developed countries are much better than the majority of developing countries.

hanno · Post by **hanno** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:05 am

Samouth wrote:I don't think it is a big deal to mistakenly believe on something. As you can on media and stuff, developed countries seem to really care about human rights, people are treated fairly and equally. To be honest, i still believe that government in developed countries are much better than the majority of developing countries.

True that, but then the bar is pretty low in some countries.

frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:56 pm

i met a yank in sundance riverside last week who had been volunteer teaching in the provinces- got sick, went broke, USA embassy put him up at sundance, $50/day pocket money and a trip home.

he was clearly in a bad way. his belt would have gone around his waist twice from the weight loss.

said the embassy staff were very helpful.

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