Wasn't "Sunny place for shady characters" Hanky's phrase?Cambodia’s appeal for shady characters and dreadful criminals is helped by a low-cost base, relaxed attitudes towards visas and a seamy nightlife helped by a well-documented culture of impunity – made famous by the former president of the Chamber of Commerce. Two decades ago, Theng Bunma complained to an airline about bad service by shooting the tyre of the plane.
Why Does Sunny Cambodia Attract Such Shady Characters?
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Why Does Sunny Cambodia Attract Such Shady Characters?
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I think there is an old phrase called - "Sunny climes is for shady people".
"I don't care what the people are thinking, i ain't drunk i'm just drinking"
No. He got it from Somerset Maugham via Peter.gavinmac wrote:http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/ ... characters
Wasn't "Sunny place for shady characters" Hanky's phrase?Cambodia’s appeal for shady characters and dreadful criminals is helped by a low-cost base, relaxed attitudes towards visas and a seamy nightlife helped by a well-documented culture of impunity – made famous by the former president of the Chamber of Commerce. Two decades ago, Theng Bunma complained to an airline about bad service by shooting the tyre of the plane.
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I read that a few days ago and thought it was a bit lame. There was some great material to use, but it was all written in a vague Daily Mail format.
Just as an example, I thought the actual story behind this paragraph deserved a better summary:
Just as an example, I thought the actual story behind this paragraph deserved a better summary:
That was the case with billionaire property developer Sergei Polonsky, noted by Forbes magazine as one of Russia’s most unusual businessmen, now awaiting trial in Moscow on charges of fraud. He was given his marching orders after “unlawfully depriving Cambodian seamen of their liberty”.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
The examples are a bit trite (and since when did Thaksin live in exile in Cambodia?), but the premise of the piece is correct. It would have been more interesting if they had avoided the high profile examples and gone through these pages instead and focused on examples like Erdman, Michael Harris, Fletcher, even Ceulen. And that's just on the nonce side - the chancers like NJH, idiots on the lam who get into trouble here, the losers and no-hopers at GSM, the methheads and overstayers.
Now that would have been worth reading.
Now that would have been worth reading.
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Piss poor and lazy article. I'm a friend of Luke and thought he was better than this shite. All he's done is drag up a few old stories and tired to spin them into something more.
Piss poor.
Piss poor.
My posts are just jokes, maybe they're rude, offensive, and politically incorrect. They're not my opinion, viewpoint, idea, or judgement, but they're just fucking jokes so lighten up.
I wouldn't call it piss poor shite but spotted multiple inaccuracies right away. They bothered me so much I almost didn't read the whole thing.Garry Crabtree wrote:Piss poor and lazy article. I'm a friend of Luke and thought he was better than this shite. All he's done is drag up a few old stories and tired to spin them into something more.
Piss poor.
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