John Bingham wrote:

kiwiincambodia wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2017 1:44 pm

John Bingham wrote:

kiwiincambodia wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2017 2:20 pm
Unrelated, what’s with all the dudes in matching suits and sunglasses with red ties this year? They just stand around watching everything.

I think they are BHQ guys too, there were thousands of them.

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I thought they were. Any idea o. Why they were dressed like that this year? They all had ID tags in their jacket pockets and looked the part but I had never seen them like that before.

I had never seen them look like that before either. I guess it was just to make them look less threatening/ military but they still managed to look pretty spooky.

Ok. Yeah they gave me the creeps as well. Very secret service look about them.

Photos of police and security forces at the Water Festival :
(PHOTOS from Fresh News, Cambodian government news site).

Its not so difficult.
False police:



Real police :

A bit off topic I realize, but who (which village)
won the finals in the boat race? Yes I googled
but to no avail.

Unauthorised military jackets cause furore during Water Festival
Mon, 6 November 2017
Street vendor Seoung Panha said yesterday that selling black jackets emblazoned with the words “POLICE” and “ARMY” had generated good business for him while it lasted.

But after more than 300 civilians were busted over the course of the Water Festival for sporting the jackets – which police confiscated – the boom times appear to have come to an end. Several vendors at Teuk Thla Market and street shop vendors on Street 217 near Veng Sreng Boulevard yesterday said local authorities paid them a visit on Saturday to warn them to stop selling such jackets – albeit half-heartedly in some cases.

Teuk Thla Market has long been a clearinghouse where officials and civilians alike can easily get their hands on anything related to the police and military, such as uniforms, footwear and various pieces of equipment. The market has thrived in plain sight for years, despite the fact that it’s illegal to sell such material to civilians.

Indeed, even after the weekend’s warning, Panha said he will still sell the last three jackets that he has left, noting that they’ve become a trend among youngsters. What’s more, he added, the authorities who take a daily 1,000-riel bribe from him only asked that he “hide them”.

Chhay Kim Khouen, chief of staff at the National Police, yesterday said anywhere between 330 to 340 festival-goers were arrested during the last two days of the Water Festival for wearing the police and army jackets. ..
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/u ... r-festival

Hell yeah theres plainclothes police, got busted smoking in a bar once by one of them. Had to give $20 to the fucking douche.

tonetone420 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2017 2:01 pm Hell yeah theres plainclothes police, got busted smoking in a bar once by one of them. Had to give $20 to the fucking douche.

Was he genuine? Like many posters here "confusion". It could be a scam. Not real police. I was once harassed by a fake copper demanding monies. I just took the chance, got up and left. He did not follow and the lady of the bar later told me he was fake.
I suppose the best thing first is ask for there ID. That could be fake too.

AndyKK wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2017 2:10 pm

tonetone420 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2017 2:01 pm Hell yeah theres plainclothes police, got busted smoking in a bar once by one of them. Had to give $20 to the fucking douche.

Was he genuine? Like many posters here "confusion". It could be a scam. Not real police. I was once harassed by a fake copper demanding monies. I just took the chance, got up and left. He did not follow and the lady of the bar later told me he was fake.
I suppose the best thing first is ask for there ID. That could be fake too.

He was legit, I had seen him other times in his grey tourist police uniform. This was in Sihanoukville as well.

$20 is better then jail. If doing something illegal then expect to suffer the arm of the law, or do the smoking more discreetly.