Cop Stop in Sihanoukville, Cambodia: "empty your pockets"

[frank lee bent]

Got stopped by a cop on ekareach because my lights were on.

He asked me if i smoke "wanna"" , made me empty my pockets, and told me he would urine test me.I doubt the capacity to do this.
I actually did not know what he was talking about for some time.

He wanted $10. i paid $1.

I have a cambodian license.

I am 58 and respectable enough to look at, semi retired dammit.

Fair enough for lights on, but the rest of this stuff creates a very unfavorable impression of the police, and Sihanoukville in general.

How long before this guy pulls a bag of weed out of his pocket and says he found it on you and give him $100- or $1000!

A lot needs to change before US Embassy stops issuing travel warnings about this town.

The new chief of police needs to stop this

[Anchor Moy]

The new chief of police needs to stop this

So who would you say is responsible for this new-found zealousness ?

[frank lee bent]

excellent question.
makes me think i will not renew my lease.

[Anchor Moy]

It's a worry. Like most things, you can hope it won't last, but it could also be the dawning of a brand new day - that from now on, instead of just the usual shit, you will also get searched for drugs. And since no drugs = no money, that could become a real problem.
I hope I'm wrong. I was planning to spend a lot more time there in my future life.

In the meantime, duck and cover, move out for 6 months and maybe it will blow over?

(And i blame all this shit on the Russian pseudo-mafia and the drug-dealer guy with a bad hairdo. )

[Sailorman]

I got stopped by Snooky's BIB a while back for running a red light by orange market. I didn't and am usually the only one stopped at stoplights. He wanted 10,000 riel and I told him that was corruption and handed him my English language traffic stop/Cambodian law paperwork stating that its 5,000 riel for running a red light.

I told him I would pay the 5,000 riel even though I didn't run the light, and btw I want a receipt. They took the paperwork and took pictures of it, I handed the head thief 5,000 riel and got my receipt for 5,000 riel.

In my opinion all the deaths and traffic accidents here are directly related to the police not doing their job. I've sat at red lights and had police motorcycles/cars/trucks run the red light. Yes, leading by example, Not!

[BOFH]

I heard of a similar incident in the capital. The cop looked inside a pack of smokes looking for this "wanna".

Something nasty could be pulling the strings. Be careful out there.

[EDC]

I handed him my English language traffic stop/Cambodian law paperwork stating that its 5,000 riel for running a red light.

Could you please post a link to this paperwork or tell me where I can get a copy, as the only one I could find was an older outdated pamphlet that quoted 2,000 riel as the fine?

Cheers

[General Mackevili]

In my opinion all the deaths and traffic accidents here are directly related to the police not doing their job.

Yes of course, because if the cops did their jobs, Sihanoukville, Cambodia would be 100% accident-free and have ZERO fatalities.
: facepalm:

Lazy fucking pigs.

[Feticheur]

Oh, come on. Let Sailor do his daily routine.

[taabarang]

That should be the new slogan adopted by the Ministry of Tourism, ' Welcome to Cambodia, now empty your pockets.' It's got Kingdom of Wonder beat all to hell,