Woman Bag Snatcher Dies on Moto After Stealing 10K

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xandreu wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:36 pm

There are many legitimate reasons why we don't live in a society where victims of crime can act as judge, jury and executioner of their own cases.
But we do live in Cambodia.

Even in the YouKay and many EU states it's official police response to moto muggers is to ram them to incapacitate both moped and rider, as they cause too many bystander injuries if let go.

Likewise, those thieves wouldn't be caught if they got away with $10000
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Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:17 am I thought it was done to help an unconscious person come around or something. Never given it much thought, but it's always been a hilarious one.
This is what I heard as well.
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whatwat wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:00 pm
John Bingham wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:26 pm
samrong01 wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:10 am Its more common than you think because there is no other way to transfer money from one bank to another or to settle large debts.
I've often been in the bank and have seen very ordinary-looking people come in and count out huge piles of cash at the counter.
The landlord of a well know long gone expat bar used to turn up in a battered Lexus to borrow next months rent money. Now he’s seriously wealthy but still drives the same car and looks homeless!
Does he hang around supermarkets muttering to himself :beer3:

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mcam wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:51 am I love that more questions are never asked to why people carry so much money around. If he has a legitimate excuse then fair enough but if you got caught with 10k in your bag in my home country it would be taken away until you could prove its not the proceeds of crime.
Checking if the Judge had $10k due to it being the proceeds of crime would be pretty pointless here :stir:

The big question is why these people go for haircuts or massages with all this money on them
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A head for an eye.
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TaxKHpro wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:06 pm
Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:17 am I thought it was done to help an unconscious person come around or something. Never given it much thought, but it's always been a hilarious one.
This is what I heard as well.

Could well be. My level of investigation into this began and ended at a bar a long time ago, lol.
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mcam wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:17 am Other news sources reporting the man is a judge. So why would a judge carry 10k around?
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John Bingham wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:26 pm
samrong01 wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:10 am Its more common than you think because there is no other way to transfer money from one bank to another or to settle large debts.
I've often been in the bank and have seen very ordinary-looking people come in and count out huge piles of cash at the counter.
Yep me too and I'm thinking I never see this back home, and what are they doing to get all that cash with so many people around with nothing.
Also the bank staff act like it's an everyday occurrence
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Jerry Atrick wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:24 am Classic bystander reaction there; jump three times over the barely deceased in order to avoid being haunted or cursed by that ghost.

First time I saw that, a long enough time ago, I didn't know what the fuck was going on except there was a dead cop on Norodom and a bunch of folk hopping over him and laughing
During the first watch I thought he was in a state of panic and confusion. After reading what you said I went back to watch it. Sure enough, he didn't give a fuck about her. He deliberately did that. That just might be the most bizarre ritual I have ever seen and I would have never noticed if you didn't point it out. Thank you.
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Ravensnest wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 5:51 pm
Jerry Atrick wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:24 am Classic bystander reaction there; jump three times over the barely deceased in order to avoid being haunted or cursed by that ghost.

First time I saw that, a long enough time ago, I didn't know what the fuck was going on except there was a dead cop on Norodom and a bunch of folk hopping over him and laughing
During the first watch I thought he was in a state of panic and confusion. After reading what you said I went back to watch it. Sure enough, he didn't give a fuck about her. He deliberately did that. That just might be the most bizarre ritual I have ever seen and I would have never noticed if you didn't point it out. Thank you.
A few other posters pointed out that they think it is done to potentially resuscitate the victim. I see something to support this online also.

My other half, when I asked her today, said that it's not to avoid being haunted; but to stop the spirit from wandering outside the victims body/keep body and spirit together.
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