by Gilmore » Sun Jun 11, 2017 7:00 am
I lived on Riverside, in the heart of the tourist district, for 2 years, from 2006 to 2008. I saw a lot of creepy things during my time there and moved out when my son was born, as it was not a secure environment to be raising children.
It was very common to see elderly men in the company of street kids.Sometimes it was only one kid, but more often it was a group of 2 or more. The most suspicious thing was that I didn't ever see them with a mixed gender group of kids-it was always all girls or all boys. LGBTI groups will probably be offended, but all boy groups were much more common, by a ratio of about 3 to 1. My ex told me that the owner of a money changing booth near our apartment had informed her that parents of the kids selling flowers, books etc. had asked her to let foreign customers know that the kids were for hire.
I thought about informing someone, but decided against it, as I had no concrete evidence and I was well aware that groups like APLE were already actively monitoring the district.
Scenes of that nature are not confined solely to Riverside. When I was living in Sihanoukville in 2004, an old guy was taking a group of about 10 young boys out to dinner every night at a Khmer restaurant near the guest house where I was staying. Maybe just a kindly old man who was touched by their plight and wanted to help, but, if so, why were no girls invited?
For the past 3 years, I have been the sole parent of my 9 year old son and my 5 year old daughter and I have permanent legal custody. I haven't had any nasty incidents where I have been accused of pedophilia, but I am careful in public. I don't take them to Riverside and I confine any public displays of affection to holding hands. Some people jump to conclusions far too quickly.
I lived on Riverside, in the heart of the tourist district, for 2 years, from 2006 to 2008. I saw a lot of creepy things during my time there and moved out when my son was born, as it was not a secure environment to be raising children.
It was very common to see elderly men in the company of street kids.Sometimes it was only one kid, but more often it was a group of 2 or more. The most suspicious thing was that I didn't ever see them with a mixed gender group of kids-it was always all girls or all boys. LGBTI groups will probably be offended, but all boy groups were much more common, by a ratio of about 3 to 1. My ex told me that the owner of a money changing booth near our apartment had informed her that parents of the kids selling flowers, books etc. had asked her to let foreign customers know that the kids were for hire.
I thought about informing someone, but decided against it, as I had no concrete evidence and I was well aware that groups like APLE were already actively monitoring the district.
Scenes of that nature are not confined solely to Riverside. When I was living in Sihanoukville in 2004, an old guy was taking a group of about 10 young boys out to dinner every night at a Khmer restaurant near the guest house where I was staying. Maybe just a kindly old man who was touched by their plight and wanted to help, but, if so, why were no girls invited?
For the past 3 years, I have been the sole parent of my 9 year old son and my 5 year old daughter and I have permanent legal custody. I haven't had any nasty incidents where I have been accused of pedophilia, but I am careful in public. I don't take them to Riverside and I confine any public displays of affection to holding hands. Some people jump to conclusions far too quickly.