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by Firefly
Thu May 13, 2021 4:35 am
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: Down and Out in Siem Reap; British Man Sent to Deportation Department
Replies: 2
Views: 1605
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Re: Down and Out in Siem Reap; British Man Sent to Deportation Department

How long do cases like this stay in the deportation centre before being deported?
by Firefly
Wed May 12, 2021 2:17 am
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: Information on Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Cambodia (Latest Updates December 2021)
Replies: 3687
Views: 651816
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Re: Information on Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Cambodia (Latest Updates April 2021)

A Khmer friend just outside SR mentioned today that in her village there's a 'new gov rule, village police not being paid for money but currently have to work for good of the community.'

I was wondering if that was a random local rule or ?
by Firefly
Fri Apr 16, 2021 5:51 am
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: 'The project aiming to turn Pol Pot’s place of death into a site for healing.'
Replies: 0
Views: 817
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'The project aiming to turn Pol Pot’s place of death into a site for healing.'

Worth a read, there's an interesting map in there of 'The Golden Thread' of Khmer Rouge heritage sites. Not sure what I think of the building shown that might house Pol Pots grave, apart from it could make an amazing school in a slightly different location. This is a project that the Documentation C...
by Firefly
Thu Mar 18, 2021 8:54 am
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: World Environment Day: Update! Illegal Logging has Finished.
Replies: 169
Views: 49479
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Re: World Environment Day: Update! Illegal Logging has Finished.

I had heard about Canada, didn't realise this though 'Besides traditional markets with high export value such as the US, Japan, China, EU, and the Republic of Korea, some other potential markets also bring more opportunities for Vietnam to promote furniture exports, like Canada, Russia and India.' &...
by Firefly
Thu Dec 17, 2020 2:11 am
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Porn Webcam Hungarian on the Run in Siem Reap
Replies: 38
Views: 8858
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Re: Porn Webcam Hungarian on the Run in Siem Reap

@Jeremy313 How old is this Benji of yours?
by Firefly
Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:19 am
Forum: Cambodian Culture and Language
Topic: The dogs saw ghosts
Replies: 6
Views: 2887
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Re: The dogs saw ghosts

Just noticed who the author of that article is, some here will remember, died in 2014 if I'm not mistaken, something about trees and air...
by Firefly
Sun Nov 22, 2020 1:46 am
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: 30Kg Python Found Roaming Phnom Penh Streets
Replies: 7
Views: 2248
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Re: 30Kg Python Found Roaming Phnom Penh Streets

I wonder if it's the same python .... "Python in a Passap - Arriving near Wat Phnom at the Daun Penh statue, the tuk tuk driver saw a large python across his path. He stopped the ride to make sure the snake was not hit by traffic and the python climbed into his tuk-tuk." :shock: [Mod edit:...
by Firefly
Tue Apr 28, 2020 3:12 am
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Lawyering up
Replies: 31
Views: 6071
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Re: Lawyering up

question - re 'a Cambodia based but foreign run NGO.' does it have an office in any other country? charity partners in other countries? licensed anywhere else? it may assist your cause.
by Firefly
Wed Jun 26, 2019 4:05 am
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: 7-Storey Building Collapses in Sihanoukville, Cambodia (Death Toll Rises)
Replies: 94
Views: 28331
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Re: 7-Storey Building Collapses in Sihanoukville, Cambodia (Death Toll Rises)

First Vice president of the National Committee for Disaster Management (also sacked) is owner of Kampot Zoo, Minister Nhim Vanda (or I should say ex Minister).
by Firefly
Fri May 31, 2019 2:16 am
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: Brutal Double Child Murder and Rape in Sihanoukville
Replies: 43
Views: 11504
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Re: Brutal Double Child Murder and Rape in Sihanoukville

Horrific.

Here's a link to A Head for an Eye by Alex Hinton's pdf.

https://www.khmerstudies.org/wp-content ... nocide.pdf