Australian CHRISTOPHER EDWARD SMEATON Detained For Homelessness and Begging

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Australian CHRISTOPHER EDWARD SMEATON Detained For Homelessness and Begging

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Cambodia Breaking News, Phnom Penh: On 1 July, 2019, at 3:00 pm, CHRISTOPHER EDWARD SMEATON, a 49-year-old Australian, was taken into custody by the Office of Investigation and Implementation of the Immigration Office for overstaying his visa.
The Australian arrived in Cambodia in 2018, but he has no valid visa, no money, no job, and he was sleeping on the pavement and begging for money. He was apprehended by Phnom Penh police for disturbing public order by creating traffic jams while begging from people on the busy streets of Norodom Street and Monivong Blvd.
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The other man detained with him is a 50-year-old Chinese man with mental health problems and no passport.
Both men were sent by Phnom Penh police to the Department of Immigration to apply the legal procedures.
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Re: Australian CHRISTOPHER EDWARD SMEATON Detained For Homelessness and Begging

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Damn, so this guy got picked up last year for overstaying his visa by 8 months, was kicked out, re-entered on a new visa and then promptly became homeless and overstayed again?

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Thanks Gator. I wonder where he was deported to.
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Australian CHRISTOPHER EDWARD SMEATON Arrested for in Phnom Penh for Expired Cambodian Visa
Post by CEOCambodiaNews » Wed Mar 14, 2018 4:22 pm
Phnom Penh: On March 14, an Australian, CHRISTOPHER EDWARD SMEATON, was arrested for overstaying his Cambodia visa, which expired on 27 July 2017 (over 8 months). He was taken to immigration department to follow the legal action.
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Wow, I guess he gets points for persevering. :hattip:
CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2019 11:23 pm I wonder where he was deported to.
Maybe he's getting deported back and forth between Cambodia and Thailand ?
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Gator wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2019 11:13 pm Damn, so this guy got picked up last year for overstaying his visa by 8 months, was kicked out, re-entered on a new visa and then promptly became homeless and overstayed again?

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He's been teaching at Beltei, ELT, and Golden Gate. That's the trifecta right there.

https://vietnamteachingjobs.com/resumes ... smeaton-5/
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He's been teaching at Beltei, ELT, and Golden Gate. That's the trifecta right there.
Do those schools pay so badly that teachers are forced to sleep on the street and beg for food? :)
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simon43 wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 7:42 am
He's been teaching at Beltei, ELT, and Golden Gate. That's the trifecta right there.
Do those schools pay so badly that teachers are forced to sleep on the street and beg for food? :)
Kieran Gajraj who was found in his underwear taught at Golden Gate:

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William Brian Glenn the meth manufacturer who got murdered taught at Golden Gate.

The homeless ( and pantsless) teacher Carl Swaaf taught at Beltei:

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Famed homeless Westerner John Ablett taught at ELT. He used to hang out at the Panda Mart mini mart on Street 130:

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Speaking of mini marts, I saw a sign outside a mini mart the other day saying, in English, "No outside drinks allowed in our seating area."

So apparently there are Westerners who are so cheap that they don't want to pay minimart prices but still want to drink outside minimarts. They're sourcing their beers somewhere even cheaper but then taking them to minimarts to sit outside and drink them.
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Cam Nivag wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 7:35 am
Gator wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2019 11:13 pm Damn, so this guy got picked up last year for overstaying his visa by 8 months, was kicked out, re-entered on a new visa and then promptly became homeless and overstayed again?

topic18855.html
He's been teaching at Beltei, ELT, and Golden Gate. That's the trifecta right there.

https://vietnamteachingjobs.com/resumes ... smeaton-5/
The armchair detectives are out once again I see
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SrokKhmer wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 5:31 pm
Cam Nivag wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 7:35 am
Gator wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2019 11:13 pm Damn, so this guy got picked up last year for overstaying his visa by 8 months, was kicked out, re-entered on a new visa and then promptly became homeless and overstayed again?

topic18855.html
He's been teaching at Beltei, ELT, and Golden Gate. That's the trifecta right there.

https://vietnamteachingjobs.com/resumes ... smeaton-5/
The armchair detectives are out once again I see
The issue is???

Serial over-stayer/beggar doesn’t deserve to be outed??
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