Whatever happened to...

The Oily Underpants Gang?
When I arrived in Cambodia the Oily Underpants Gang was running wild.
(not to be confused with the Underwear Only Street Fighting Gangs)

They first appeared in the SE but before long there was not a province in the country were this bunch of slippery thieves had not struck. Early- mid 2000's.

“Robbers who strike while wearing only underwear, their bodies slathered with oil to make them slippery and harder to catch, have resurfaced in Cambodia. Two unidentified, underwear-clad burglars robbed homes in the southern province of Takeo on May 30, The Cambodia Daily quoted area police chief Sok Tum as saying. Police thought they had quashed the "underwear gang" last year, the report said.

They wear only underwear in an attempt to make themselves harder to identify and the oil makes them impossible to catch. Residents had started a community watch program to prevent such crimes, Sok Tum said. But "the underwear gangs resurfaced in my region because the villagers stopped," he said.

Merged with Daun Penh boys.
Until senility and heart disease caught up due to overindulgence in full English.

Username Taken wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:59 am
But, whatever happened to 'the pagoda boys'?

Switched to politics??

Strongman: The Extraordinary Life of HE: From Pagoda Boy to Prime Minister of Cambodia [Harish C. Mehta, Julie B. Mehta] on Amazon.com.

I think the Flying Tiger robber coppers replaced the Pgoda Boys in the historical totem pole?

Username Taken wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:42 am I
seriously doubt the pagoda boys merged witht he Daun Penh boys.

I thought the Pagoda Boys were local thugs called to action by higher ups when required (anti Thai riots comes to mind), whilst the Daun Penh boys were barang wannabe fugs.

@Felgerkarb, might know or be able to clarify re the pagoda boys.

You don't know or understand much about politics then.

Whatever happened to..

the Khting Voar?
Pseudonovibos spiralis
the snake eating cow
cambodia's unicorn

photograph
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonov ... mbodia.jpg

"Whatever happened to...

The Oily Underpants Gang?,

They were apparently wiped out by the Swarfega Massive Crew years ago.

^^^ Cambodia topic Dave - all real Kh history as reported in the press (or eg, Khting Voar ^^ by science)