Ouch.scobienz wrote: I hope the strategy is not to stick their heads in the sand and wait till it goes away, which was pretty much what Mohan did.
American expat Eric Erdmann arrested in Phnom Penh
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To me it looks like the embassy screwed up, perhaps getting APLE on him, and almost certainly siccing the cops on him, but they are probably also the ones that got him off the hook when they realized they had the wrong man. There was a big technical screw up in there somewhere that needs to be addressed (internally), and this also suggests quite a bit about the Americans feeding the locals information about their citizens, but I think he was probably treated as well as can be expected with this kind of screw up. Ultimately it's probably a good thing for him that the Americans were still involved post-arrest and that he wasn't just left to the Cambodian authorities.scobienz wrote:The real story here is not Eric and his silly record in Wisconsin or his failure to ask the right questions when he was being arrested, but his treatment at the hands of (presumably) the US authorities who clearly thought he was the Oregan dude which got APLE all excited, and shoddy journalism at the CD.
The Daily on the other hand looks half asleep, delivering some formulaic hatchet job against yet another "alleged" foreign pedo caught in Cambodia. It will be interesting to see what, if anything, the Daily does next.
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Going by past form, they won't do anything next, they'll just keep rolling along and pretend it never happened.LTO wrote: The Daily on the other hand looks half asleep, delivering some formulaic hatchet job against yet another "alleged" foreign pedo caught in Cambodia. It will be interesting to see what, if anything, the Daily does next.
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I note that the Daily also screwed up the reporting on Ceulen. While they did do a couple of okay state-of-the-situation stories on him when other local paper weren't, when it came down to the big breaking story - the final hunt, the arrest and follow-up - the Daily not only missed it completely but also printed an embarrassing piece just before the arrest sourcing quotes from local authorities who knew nothing or just got it wrong. Maybe the Daily is out of the loop, or in the wrong loop.
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They do seem a bit sort of "special needs" at times, considering how easy it is to research and check information now. I guess that's all you can expect when your operation is mainly staffed by clueless interns.LTO wrote:Maybe the Daily is out of the loop, or in the wrong loop.
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While we are waiting for further (hopefully good) news...
During a recent car trip through Australia, she posted daily on Facebook including photos of their breakfasts, lunches and dinners including some photos of him.
On return he learned about the Facebook posts. Result: Facebook account promptly closed and she was sent packing. None of her friends heard of her again.
I'd say... loss of face(book) big-time.
I know a Khmer lady and a banker (holding a senior position at a well-known bank, who values his privacy). They married not long ago.scobienz wrote:It's only scary because people use it for stupid reasons, like posting their latest meal on it (looking squarely at Playboy).Don-Pierre de Plume wrote:Facebook can be scary shit... it should be banned .
During a recent car trip through Australia, she posted daily on Facebook including photos of their breakfasts, lunches and dinners including some photos of him.
On return he learned about the Facebook posts. Result: Facebook account promptly closed and she was sent packing. None of her friends heard of her again.
I'd say... loss of face(book) big-time.
A couple of minor points. Eric's photo does not appear in the Daily. PPP and KT are not published at weekends.
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Plus, everyone's a pedo until deemed innocent in the Cambodian Daily's eyes. Glad your up for it though. Anybody with the same name as you (almost) or of dissimilar appearance that may be a pedo?NO JOKE DAVE wrote:In fairness to the Daily, if someone told one of their reporters that a Westerner had been nicked for diddling, then they contacted the police and the chief confirmed this was true and was quoted in depth explaining the nature of the arrest, then I don't think it's unreasonable to run the story that they did.
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And APLE. This proves at least one thing. They can follow the wrong person for months. No wonder they were all like "sorry, I have no idea what your talking about" when asked. I wonder what the real Ardmann was up to while they were distracted. Is that criminal negligence?LTO wrote: Ultimately it's probably a good thing for him that the Americans were still involved post-arrest and that he wasn't just left to the Cambodian authorities.
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And don't forget he's been working without a work permit (presuming you can't have a work permit without a visa).gavinmac wrote:Do we think he'll be deported?
1. Expired visa
2. Passport may or may not be expired (he's inconsistent on that)
3. He has (incorrectly) been identified by police as a pedo, which tends to freak people out
4. Authorities have publicly said they will deport him soon
5. He admittedly has theft convcitions and a warrant for his arrest on a minor charge from Illinois
6. He posted photos on Facebook humping Angkor Wat griffins and shit
7. His continued presence in Cambodia serves as a constant reminder of the police incompetence
He's gotten the K440 approval of "top bloke," but seeing as he couldn't articulate his innocence (or pretty anything well) on here, I wouldn't want him to be the guy teaching my kids.gavinmac wrote:By the way, on the issue of "Will Eric Erdmann's school allow him back in the classroom?" let's not forget that it's undisputed he;s been publicly arrested AT LEAST for not having a valid visa. Also, he has admitted on this site that he has two prior theft convictions and suggests that he's a fugitive with a warrant from Illinois on a DUI/driving on a suspended license sort of thing. Stuff he should have kept his mouth shut about.
If schools have job applications and ask you about your criminal history and he didn't disclose that stuff, well, that would be a reason to terminate his employment regardless of the "suspected pedophile" cloud of suspicion.
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yeah and what about charles manson, he never actually killed anybodyboomer wrote:Apparently you're hard to convince... I think it's time for my Dutch mate on here to jump in, he'll surely know what Vereniging Martijn used to stand for...NO JOKE DAVE wrote:Maybe,I'm sure it's pretty fucked up, but how much of it is just people indulging in weird fantasies but drawing a line between that and diddling kids? I'm sure there are sites on the internet pertaining to how to get away with murder, rob a bank etc. Wasn't there a case a few years ago where a NY cop was online discussing how to abduct, rape and chop up women and he got 99 years I think, before the Supreme Court ruled it wasn't actually a crime? Agatha Christie was never arrested for encouraging murder, after all.boomer wrote:
Not if they are sharing tips online on how to gain trust with kids and how to manipulate them so that they don't tell anyone what has happened, how to perform sexual acts with children which don't leave visual traces and such, and much more sick shit... Believe me, i've read a lot on that site, if you would've read it as well, you would probably agree with me now...
If that's the reasoning, then people who are planning terror attacks shouldn't be charged either, as long as they say that they were just re-enacting a script from a Hollywood film about things like that...
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Couldn't articulate his innocence? Of being a different person to the one wanted on pedophile charges, or of having some old warrant for speeding?Miguelito wrote:And don't forget he's been working without a work permit (presuming you can't have a work permit without a visa).gavinmac wrote:Do we think he'll be deported?
1. Expired visa
2. Passport may or may not be expired (he's inconsistent on that)
3. He has (incorrectly) been identified by police as a pedo, which tends to freak people out
4. Authorities have publicly said they will deport him soon
5. He admittedly has theft convcitions and a warrant for his arrest on a minor charge from Illinois
6. He posted photos on Facebook humping Angkor Wat griffins and shit
7. His continued presence in Cambodia serves as a constant reminder of the police incompetence
He's gotten the K440 approval of "top bloke," but seeing as he couldn't articulate his innocence (or pretty anything well) on here, I wouldn't want him to be the guy teaching my kids.gavinmac wrote:By the way, on the issue of "Will Eric Erdmann's school allow him back in the classroom?" let's not forget that it's undisputed he;s been publicly arrested AT LEAST for not having a valid visa. Also, he has admitted on this site that he has two prior theft convictions and suggests that he's a fugitive with a warrant from Illinois on a DUI/driving on a suspended license sort of thing. Stuff he should have kept his mouth shut about.
If schools have job applications and ask you about your criminal history and he didn't disclose that stuff, well, that would be a reason to terminate his employment regardless of the "suspected pedophile" cloud of suspicion.
He said himself his criminal record is easily available, and it would most certainly be solely responsibility of panasastra to ask to see his criminal record check. If they didn't, that says more about them than it does about him.
I'd also suggest that work permits and visas can expire independently of each other. Again, panasastra responsible for renewing this for him while he is employed with them.
Sure, he's not the most eloquent sounding guy, but given the circumstances I'm willing to cut him some slack if he's not channelling Hemingway right now.
What does he teach anyway?
That's right, he's convicted for conspiracy to commit murder which is also a real crime so it didn't help much.Jamie_Lambo wrote:yeah and what about charles manson, he never actually killed anybody
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