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The Add Jay wrote:I have seen that women often around town.
Perhaps next time you see her you could ask her what's she up to, perhaps tell her about this thread.
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The Add Jay wrote:How come nobody confronted her and smashed the camera?
Maybe because smashing other peoples' property is illegal and photographing in public is not.

How come nobody smashed the Ministry of Interior cameras on Riverside and confronted them? Kick up, not down.

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Why has no one asked her why she is taking photos of people?
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I had an Asian teenager in a group stop dead center across my balcony to shamelessly take pictures of me wearing only a krama. I put on a pair of pants and a shirt and confronted the Asian group leader, identified by the same kind of flag that frequently unarmed Chinese carried into battle. The kid had 4 or 5 picks of a shirtless white guy. I demanded them deleted. I asked where they were from and Hong Kong was the answer. I told the kid not to act like a mainland chinese. I also told him that taking such pictures may in fact be illegal.
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nightmare.believer wrote:I asked where they were from and Hong Kong was the answer. I told the kid not to act like a mainland chinese.
Good insult. There's nothing more insulting for a HKer than to be called a Mainlander.
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Walking along the river this evening heading towards Titanic and I saw a flash go off ahead. Didn't think too much of it but then shortly after I noticed a woman heading towards me with a camera. She fired one off at about 20 meters, another at about 10 and then a third at about 5 meters.

I couldn't see that well after absorbing the last flash, but it was fair haired Western woman on the end, it had roughly a 80 - 150mm zoom on it. Was it the same woman as before? No idea, I really couldn't make out the face.

At the time, I was a bit preoccupied thinking about something I'd just written up for someone online and was having a bit of a brain break and some exercise so I didn't feel like a confrontation.

By the time I got to Titanic I'd thought about the woman this thread is about and suddenly felt in the mood for some interrogation. I hit the turn and paced up even more than my usual quick walking speed.

I went as far south as the building adjacent to the palace but didn't see her again.

Kinda left me wondering if a guy walked along the river in the dark shooting photos of women walking by whether anyone would think something odd was going on?

I'll probably go ape-shit at the next woman who points a fucking camera in my direction.
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Odd but interesting blog entry today from a ordinarily level headed blogger, who also has some connection to the Don Bosco NGO in Sihanoukville. I wonder what prompted this entry, and the specificity of it, taking about white women working for some NGO on a do-gooder mission going around photographing expat. Also addresses the legality of it.
Don’t take illegal pictures of people
Taking photos of people on public areas without their consent, can be considered espionage.

If you come to Cambodia to take pictures of other foreigners to support campaigns such as the persecution of sexual offenders, you must know that it is considered espionage and thus it is a crime. Working in any organization to prevent or to persecute offenders, does not entitle you to take photos of persons without their consent. A good mission or a great ideal such as protecting children, does not give you the right to commit another crime that could be also abusive like defaming the name of a person that could be mostly innocent. Taking an illegal picture of a man would make him a suspect of a possible undergoing crime...

...Going around with a camera to persecute possible sexual offenders is not a good idea, because you will break other laws such as the right of privacy and the right to a good name. If you take photos of a man in a public area just because he is near minors, that person can accuse you of defamation. That person can call the authorities and you could be arrested under espionage charges, involving also your own organization, if you are working for one. Persons around can find you also disturbing, such as disturbing customers and they could take violent actions against you.

https://cambodia1.wordpress.com/2015/03 ... of-people/
I pretty he's wrong about the whole espionage thing, but I find it interesting he has chosen to post about it at this time. Has he been reading 440/CEO, or heard the stories himself, or perhaps, being connected to the child-assistance NGO, does he know something more?
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LTO wrote:Odd but interesting blog entry today from a ordinarily level headed blogger, who also has some connection to the Don Bosco NGO in Sihanoukville. I wonder what prompted this entry, and the specificity of it, taking about white women working for some NGO on a do-gooder mission going around photographing expat. Also addresses the legality of it.
Don’t take illegal pictures of people
Taking photos of people on public areas without their consent, can be considered espionage.

If you come to Cambodia to take pictures of other foreigners to support campaigns such as the persecution of sexual offenders, you must know that it is considered espionage and thus it is a crime. Working in any organization to prevent or to persecute offenders, does not entitle you to take photos of persons without their consent. A good mission or a great ideal such as protecting children, does not give you the right to commit another crime that could be also abusive like defaming the name of a person that could be mostly innocent. Taking an illegal picture of a man would make him a suspect of a possible undergoing crime...

...Going around with a camera to persecute possible sexual offenders is not a good idea, because you will break other laws such as the right of privacy and the right to a good name. If you take photos of a man in a public area just because he is near minors, that person can accuse you of defamation. That person can call the authorities and you could be arrested under espionage charges, involving also your own organization, if you are working for one. Persons around can find you also disturbing, such as disturbing customers and they could take violent actions against you.

https://cambodia1.wordpress.com/2015/03 ... of-people/
I pretty he's wrong about the whole espionage thing, but I find it interesting he has chosen to post about it at this time. Has he been reading 440/CEO, or heard the stories himself, or perhaps, being connected to the child-assistance NGO, does he know something more?
Yep, that sounds a bit over the top for sure. Gotta say though, the two times this has happened have left me feeling a bit creeped out and wondering what would have happened if the kids were with me.

Often Khmers have wanted to take photos of my son and I've let them. However, no Westerner has ever asked. I've found it strange that random Khmers would want to take his photo but I've long given up worrying about Khmer oddities, well, lots of them.
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Is your son blonde? We travelled around Hong Kong a few years back with a blonde toddler and everyone wanted to touch his head and take his photo. I felt like a celebrity :)
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