"No Money" Russian Traveler Arrested for Begging in Phnom Penh

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Re: "No Money" Russian Traveler Arrested for Begging in Phnom Penh

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explorer wrote:
CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Sun Aug 23, 2020 3:17 pm He carried a sign asking for money, which was written in Khmer and Chinese and said " I travel around the world without money. Please help me with my journey".
That is a dumb thing to say if you want people to give you money. Possibly he does not understand what is written. Maybe others set him up.
Its a standard sign, many others have used the same sign. There is clearly some online community telling them how to write signs like this in different languages.
The sign is clearly 'drawn' and not written. There is at least one error in the script (that I can see).

It has worked here in the past. Regardless of how stupid/distasteful we find it.
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:stir: I don't see a problem with a guy begging for money,I've been in 4 countries in the last 12 months and I would say begging in the west is more vicious than SE Asia,in Oz and Britain the fuckers look like they will slit your throat if you do not play ball,I came out off farmfoods this morning and one clever bugger has sat himself down were you leave your trolly,costs a pound to use which is returned when you take back the trolley,I flipped him the quid and he stood up and walked past me with coins jiggling in his pockets,last seen walking in the pub.Id rather someone beg than mug or steal,look at the idiot in Vietnam.
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Id rather someone beg than mug or steal
Oh really?
Your antecedents would indicate otherwise.
You did well to slip away from that murky business you were involved in.
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Why do most of these types of stories involve "no passport". I can understand an expired visa but what happens to their passport? He had to have one to enter Cambodia from Vietnam. You are required to have one to check into a guesthouse (although we have seen that is not always true). The border closed in mid-March. Don't think he has been living on the street since then. He certainly doesn't appear malnourished so he has had some source of money and/or food. Anyway, what happens to the passports? Lost it? Stolen? Sold it? Did a runner from a guest house and left it there?
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Why are they accepting money when they're trying to travel the world with no money? That's cheating, disqualified.
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^ It seems strange but very true what your saying about the passport, why what's the reason? I wondered if it was too do with their deportation, is it so, that the authorities, immigration only have responsibility to send you back to the country you enter from, and not that of your home country?
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JUDGEDREDD wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:17 am Why are they accepting money when they're trying to travel the world with no money?
Yep, kind of an oxymoron.. :lol:
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