EVIDENCE OF THE CHINESE CULTURE OF GAMBLING AND SEX INDUSTRY REVEALING THE CHINESE ARE LOW CREATURE IN CAMBODIA HERE. Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Cambodia - The Virginity Trade
Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com) Tuesday, September 02, 2008 CAMBODIA: Gambling fuels poverty Many men have lost their sources of livelihood to gambling (Photo: David Swanson/IRIN)Bustling with casinos, Poi Pet attracts a large number of visitors from Thailand, as well as locals. For some games, casinos require low wagers at US$0.25 or less to attract poorer, more vulnerable gamblers (Photo: Geoffrey Cain/IRIN) POI PET, 2 September 2008 (IRIN) - In a dimly lit room in a frontier town along the Thai-Cambodian border, a man slaps down a card on the table, having bet all his daily earnings as a motorbike taxi driver.He loses the US$4 he earned that day. To quell his anger, he sniffs a bowl of glue - a daily habit to boost his stamina to work through the oppressive heat."How am I going to pay off the police tomorrow?!" he exclaims in a flurry of curses, referring to the daily cuts demanded by the border officers. Gambling addiction poses a huge problem in Southeast Asia's second-poorest nation, and those afflicted can rarely find help. In a country where 33 percent of the population live on 50 cents a day, according to Cambodian government statistics, gambling is only worsening the poverty cycle.However, the Ministry of Interior, whose mandate includes overseeing Cambodia's largely unregulated gaming industry, does not even recognise gambling addiction as a problem."It [gambling addiction and gambling-related crime] doesn't happen here," said one police commander at the Ministry of Interior in Poi Pet, who refused to give his name. "Maybe in countries around Cambodia, but definitely not here." Poi Pet is a small town along the Cambodian-Thai border known for its casinos."If people want to gamble legally, it's their choice," he said. But there are no counselling or mental-health services for gambling addicts in the town.Poi Pet is home to a special border zone between Thailand and Cambodia with regulated gaming, popular among Thai gamblers, as casinos are outlawed and gambling tightly regulated in Thailand.The Cambodian government has outlawed informal gambling in Poi Pet. But gamblers claim the police abuse the law, demanding exorbitant bribes when caught.Savuth, 27, who did not want his surname revealed, said Poi Pet police demanded up to two-thirds of illicit gambling earnings when caught.That added heavily to the weekly "corruption tax" as he put it, which involves paying another cut to the police just to avoid harassment.Rock bottom A thief-turned-casino employee, Savuth claims he was once drawn by the glamour and potential of big gambling years ago in Phnom Penh and lost everything. One night, he promised himself he would play only three times at the city's Naga Casino, but bet $1,500 and his motorbike – crucial to his career as a taxi driver.As a result, he became a thief in the capital, and developed an addiction to hard drugs. He kept gambling to sustain his addiction and soon lost his house.His commune intervened, donating $50 a month to his personal expenses until he found a new job. Instead, he gambled it away."I went crazy at that point. I couldn't find help anywhere, because everyone was so angry at me," he told IRIN. "And I was homeless."With his family and friends having abandoned him, Savuth shaved his head - signifying a promise for purification – and succeeded in beating his gambling habit but not drugs. He migrated to the border where, ironically, he found work at a casino.With a lack of services for gambling addicts, such stories are common. "I've known some people who lose everything, can't repay their debts, and are hunted down by criminals and killed," he said. "Sometimes their children must repay the debts."Gambling on the weather Illicit gambling is so pervasive in Cambodia that residents in Battambang and Phnom Penh bet daily on the rain, with wagers topping $1,000.Such gambling is considered a higher-end sport in Cambodia, according to recovering addict So Sopheap. "It's an activity of richer people," he said. "But it's also an activity where the rich lose everything."It has spawned underground mafia-style networks. Participants can bet on the minute and hour rain will occur, as well as how much."The networks really get you hooked by promising a lot of money," he said. "But the fact is, you can't win this game unless you know weather patterns from observing rain for years."Sopheap lost his house, property and car. His children had to find better jobs just to support his addiction, but he did not stop until he developed a serious drug addiction and his family intervened. Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 20:02:16 -0700From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Fw: THE CHINESE LOW CREATURE WHO HAVE PRODUCED : The virginity tradeTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Forwarded Message ----From: Bury Chau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wednesday, September 3, 2008 5:03:32 AMSubject: RE: THE CHINESE LOW CREATURE WHO HAVE PRODUCED : The virginity trade AFTER THE CHINESE WHO ARE LOW CREATURE IN CAMBODIA ,ROBBING EVERYTHING FROM THE CAMBODIAN .LOOK WHAT DO THEY HAVE DONE TO THE CAMBODIAN PEOPLE. Pñak;garekaHsnþiPaBRbKl;GMeNayCUndl;elakta ¬rUbft eFOn¦GMeNaysb,úrsCn1QuteTotCUnelaktaRbwg xUy Gayu83qñaM From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: THE CHINESE LOW CREATURE WHO HAVE PRODUCED : The virginity tradeDate: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:01:13 -0700 After they have destroyed total the cambodian social fabric the Chinese begin to take Cambodian land and establish their colony in Cambodia through this :The Chinese town in the middle of Phnom Penh.How could they have done this ?Thanks to the Communist chinese agent Norodom Sihanouk who has sold Cambodia to the Chinese communist and the Vietnamese invaders .These Chinese imperialist seem to ignore the 10 UN resolutions revealing them as partners of the criminals Vietnamese invaders.By associating with them these Chinese investors are becoming criminals as well. They have no right to establish their town in Cambodia like in the mainland China.Go home , you criminals, the Chinese low creature in Cambodia to China .You are the new imperialists and thieves in Cambodia.Cambodia does not need more Chinese robbers like you all here exøagTVard¾FMsáwmésáéntMbn;esdækic©Biess nigelakCMTav]kja:lwm QIvhUr GKÁnayikaRkumh‘untMbn;esdækic©BiessPñMeBjRtUv)anR)arB§BiFIebIksem<aFCapøÚvkar Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 06:32:35 +0200From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: The virginity trade នែតាទំពែក! ដូចជាចំឡែក តាឯងចោទខ្ញុំថា ជាជនគ្មានសិលធម៌ក្នុងខ្លួន តែខ្ញុំថាតាឯងវិញទេ ដែលគួតែទទួលបានងារនេះ ។ពីព្រោះគ្រាន់តែពិនិត្យពាក្យស្លោករបស់តាឯងក្នុងអត្ថបទនេះទៅ វាគ្រប់គ្រាន់ណាស់ទៅហើយ។ អត្ថបទមុនដែលខ្ញុំបានសរសេរនោះ គឺជាការនិយាយបញ្ចួស តែបញ្ហាគឺមកពីតាឯងហ្នឹង មិនយល់ការ ហើយមានគំនិតចាស់គម្រឹលហួសសម័យ ប្រើការលែងកើត!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On 9/2/08, sacravatoons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You're so sick Ar Pong Thom ! Ar Kanh-Chas Chamkuot Kmen Sil-Thor Knong Kluoun ! You're a Kind of Sick-Terachann who is represented of CPP & Hun Xen. នែ! តាទំពែក មេចបានជាតាឯងជេរខ្ញុំយ៉ាងដាច់សាច់ដូច្នេះ តាឯងនេះយ៉ាប់មែនទេន យូរៗទៅ ឡប់អាចម៍ក្សៀលែងដឹងថាជាពាក្យលេងសើចឌឺដងតើ ? តាឯងនេះកាន់តែចាស់ កាន់តែឆាប់រង្វេង ហើយឆេវឆាវដូចជាកូនក្មេងអីចឹង ។ On 9/1/08, sacravatoons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Niss Chea Samdey Dor Thor-Tiep Robors Ar Pong-Thom ! He's has no Human beings feeling ! He enjoys so much to see Koun Srey Khmers go to this way. He doesn't think,what happend one of the Girls is his Daughter or his grand-daughter ? I have a feeling being in the shoes of the Victims' father.....Cuz I has two daughters, many nieces and a Grand-Pa of my 2yrs old, grand-daughter,Mya. These are the jobs that Ar Pong-Thom & His Master has been created for Khmer-Society ? Ar Therichhan, I say :" Ar Sath Norourk Terichhan,the Evil ruling ". Are you still having a brain like a Decent Humain boeings , Ar Pong-Thom ? Cheers, Bun H. រឿងប៉ុនហ្នឹង វាគ្មានអី អោយព្រួយបារម្មណ៍ឡើយ តាមពិតទៅសង្គមខ្មែរយើងទាំងមូល គួរតែអរគុណដល់ ការដឹកនាំដ៏ឆ្លៀសវ័យ របស់ គណបក្សប្រជាជន ដែលមានស្ថាប័នរាជបល្ល័ង្គ នៅជាមួយ ព្រមទាំងបានបង្កើតការងារជូនដល់ក្មេងស្រីក្រីក្រទាំងនោះ អោយពួកនាងមានការងារយ៉ាង ជាទីពេញចិត្ត ដែល អាចរកបាននូវកម្រៃដើម្បីជួយទ្រទ្រង់ជីវភាពគ្រួសាប្រចាំថ្ងៃ ។ សមមុខណាស់ ដែលមានរដ្ឋាភិបាលរបៀបហ្នឹង ! On 9/1/08, chiepkim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The virginity trade in Cambodia : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKcQonfdiCM See what people are saying about Windows Live. Check out featured posts. Check It Out! Be the filmmaker you always wanted to be—learn how to burn a DVD with Windows®. 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