Scam Compounds Become Targets in Thai-Cambodian Border War
wsj.comCambodia is on a lot of shitlists because of the widespread corruption and organized crime. I do wonder if there's any way to solve that mess.
I hope this war can bring about many positive outcomes. I really want to go see Angkor Wat, but Cambodia’s security situation is too serious.
War is terrible but I can't really feel bad for people who willingly steal old people's savings.
However as usual I'm sure the crime bosses will stay safe and it's only the people with no choice who end up dead :( Apparently many are even forced to do it.
> Several of the buildings hit by the Thai military over the past week had previously been identified by the U.S. government and human-rights groups for allegedly holding scores of trafficked workers forced to scam Americans and other foreigners.
Yes, these are trafficked (kidnapped) people. Most likely the ratio of kidnap victims to “bosses” is high, as they wouldn’t enslave people if they could just pay enough people to do this. So there probably aren’t many people in that building you wouldn’t feel bad for.
I’d go further though: Execution is not an appropriate punishment for scamming people, period. Any time we voice disinterest in whether “bad people” are killed by the government, we make it easier for governments to get away with extrajudicial executions (or as it’s called when ordinary citizens do it, murder).
> I’d go further though: Execution is not an appropriate punishment for scamming people, period. Any time we voice disinterest in whether “bad people” are killed by the government, we make it easier for governments to get away with extrajudicial executions (or as it’s called when ordinary citizens do it, murder).
It's not really execution, they are caught in the crosshairs but not the actual target.
But yeah, really. Would you really care if a local drug thug is dragged out of a ditch somewhere? More so than if it's a family that has never done anything wrong in their life?
I've had some dealings with some of these scammers as I often like to toy with them when they call me, I feign interest and then waste their time. I can tell you they are really nasty people, when they find out you're stringing them along they get very vicious and threatening. I kinda doubt they are victims themselves.