Diabetic South African overstayer locked up w/ no medications after being found begging for money with a bloody head

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Lack of income in rainy season....what was his job, selling sun screen? And yes I do believe that public nuisance- fighting, drunkenness- is actually a crime, although not exactly as serious as overstaying. Didn't read the small print that says when visa runs out, so do you.
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I agree with hdgh29, nothing the arrested overstayer has on his CV require sunny days.
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Anthony's Weiner wrote: Wed Jun 26, 2019 11:44 am I agree with hdgh29, nothing the arrested overstayer has on his CV require sunny days.
He could get a teaching job but most schools are closed for the summer.
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He says he was teaching and working for a Turkish hotel group.
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Yeah I didn't see that info. Still, he knew his visa was running out, he seems to have a lot of business connections in Vietnam, could have gone over there. But just a sad case of a fool who is fucked up for noones fault but his own stupidity. Diabetic and allowing his medication to run out? I guess we all make mistakes but if I ever got like that I would hope someone would shoot me....and my 2 ex wives would be jumping that queue!
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I've never understood why anyone would allow their visa to run out. Unless you're unconscious and literally have noone to do it for you, it's just sheer irresponsibility. It's common knowledge that Cambodia takes overstaying very seriously and that you're likely to be making lots of new friends in a 6x6 concrete room, some more friendly than others, many less so, if you recklessly allow your papers to expire.

I don't mean to sound harsh but many of these overstayers bring it on themselves. And if he thinks being diabetic somehow makes him a special case, he's in for yet another painful lesson about Cambodia.
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xandreu wrote: Wed Jun 26, 2019 3:26 pm I've never understood why anyone would allow their visa to run out.
Renewing the visa for a year costs about $300. A lot of expats don't have $300. Also, that weird old crime writer from Kampot overstayed for two years, turned himself in, and just had to spend a week or so in immigration jail before he was allowed to leave for the Philippines. Cambodia doesn't take overstaying seriously at all.
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Cam Nivag wrote: Wed Jun 26, 2019 3:50 pm
xandreu wrote: Wed Jun 26, 2019 3:26 pm I've never understood why anyone would allow their visa to run out.
Renewing the visa for a year costs about $300. A lot of expats don't have $300. Also, that weird old crime writer from Kampot overstayed for two years, turned himself in, and just had to spend a week or so in immigration jail before he was allowed to leave for the Philippines. Cambodia doesn't take overstaying seriously at all.
Renewing the visa for a year costs about $300. A lot of expats don't have $300. Perhaps it is time to go home when you no longer have the money to pay for your visa. I can't think of any countries that would welcome anyone that can not afford to be legally in the country.

Cambodia doesn't take overstaying seriously at all. Odd that they would lock him up then isn 't it?
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Who was the weird old crime writer. And speaking of weird people in Kampot is the mad Australian wanna be lawyer still there. Peter David or David Peter?
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