Meth-Head Monks Arrested and Defrocked After Raid on Pagoda

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Interesting. So what is NGO "David" doing with 2 underage boys, 2 underage girls (they have mentioned debauchery.....that's the Cambodian term for underage sex) booze, and a bag with condoms and drugs in a pagoda ?????
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There is nothing in that article to suggest anyone was underage. Having a drug orgy will people above the age of consent would also be considered debauchery, especially for a monk. Note they haven't been charged with sex crimes.
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Digg3r wrote:There is nothing in that article to suggest anyone was underage. Having a drug orgy will people above the age of consent would also be considered debauchery, especially for a monk. Note they haven't been charged with sex crimes.
"Debauchery" in legal terms means in Cambodia always that some underage people were involved.
Digg3r wrote: Having a drug orgy will people above the age of consent would also be considered debauchery, especially for a monk.
Well, everything is possible, but I think that you are wrong on that one.....Mr. "David" is NOT a monk, but an NGO.
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Und die laufen vom Gesicht
Doch der Haifisch lebt im Wasser
So die Tränen sieht man nicht

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No where does it say he was charged with debauchery
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Digg3r wrote:No where does it say he was charged with debauchery

Read it again:
Phnom Penh Post wrote:The former monks, Pich David, 35, and Chan Sambo, 20, have been charged by the Siem Reap Provincial Court with possession of drugs and using violence against the police during an alleged night of debauchery earlier this month.
Und der Haifisch der hat Tränen
Und die laufen vom Gesicht
Doch der Haifisch lebt im Wasser
So die Tränen sieht man nicht

In der Tiefe ist es einsam
Und so manche Träne fliesst
Und so kommt es dass das Wasser
In den Meeren salzig ist
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Ok but please tell me where anyone has been charged with debauchery. The article clearly throws the word in as context but no where does it say they were charged with it. Are you a native English speaker?
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No, I'm not (a native speaker....sorry), but the article says that they have been charged. and they don't say that just in context........at least I'm not reading it like that.
Phnom Penh Post wrote:The former monks, Pich David, 35, and Chan Sambo, 20, have been charged by the Siem Reap Provincial Court with possession of drugs and using violence against the police during an alleged night of debauchery earlier this month.
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Und der Haifisch der hat Tränen
Und die laufen vom Gesicht
Doch der Haifisch lebt im Wasser
So die Tränen sieht man nicht

In der Tiefe ist es einsam
Und so manche Träne fliesst
Und so kommt es dass das Wasser
In den Meeren salzig ist
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They are using the word debauchery (by definition) to describe what they were doing.

Not to describe offences committed under Cambodian law.

They were charged with drug possession and assault police according to the article. No sex crimes.
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