SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
Cambodia charges foreigners with making pornographic images
Prosecutors in Cambodia have charged 10 foreigners, including five Britons, with producing pornographic images after raiding a villa in Siem Reap. They were arrested on Thursday after images emerged of people apparently imitating sexual positions at a party in the north-western town. If convicted, they face up to a year in prison.
Two Canadians held in Cambodia for 'dancing pornographically'
A police release included photos of multiple clothed men and women straddling one another on the floor, some in sexually suggestive positions. Those photos are said to have been shared on social media prior to the arrests.
[...] [Joshua Kurlantzick, a senior fellow with the U.S.-based Council on Foreign Relations think tank,] said the Cambodian government is grappling with pressure to enforce more conservative values, an agenda that is at odds with the country's party-oriented reputation among young western travellers. Foreigners dressed in skimpy clothing while visiting religious and historical monuments have been one source of tension. "Cambodian officials have been a little frustrated," Kurlantzick said. "Partly through their own fault, they allowed a certain very seedy sex tourism culture to take place in (the capital) Phnom Penh."
He said that while the arrests are "pretty unusual," travellers should be aware that the Cambodian government is increasingly lashing out against all types of foreign influence, including boisterous tourists. "The overall environment in Cambodia has just become much more repressed over the last year," Kurlantzick said. "The country is potentially something of a tinder box because of that."
(Score: 3, Touché) by maxwell demon on Wednesday January 31 2018, @08:11PM (6 children)
So before you visit a country, you read their complete laws? Sounds like a lifetime task …
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 31 2018, @08:24PM (3 children)
That doesn't work as an argument for your own laws. You read your own laws where you live? Nope. Ignorance of the laws aren't an excuse and traveling to another jurisdiction puts you under the laws of that jurisdiction. That was a weak argument from a retard.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 31 2018, @08:43PM (2 children)
You are an idiot. The law is complete bullshit just like the law somewhere where you can't spit a damn chewing gum on the gound (probably Saudis). The punishment is completely overboard.
Man, you are moron if you think laws of man are all acceptable.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 31 2018, @09:40PM
No one is arguing that the law is just and good. People are saying that ignorance of the law has never been a valid excuse unless you can sell it to the officer about to arrest you, after that you are in the system. Like it or not when you visit another country it is your responsibility to know the laws and stay out of trouble.
You want to stand up for your own version of justice? Go ahead, you have my thanks for being a martyr and hopefully exposing the shitty laws and having them removed.
This is how human society works, how can we possibly improve something as vast as societies laws? Currently we fight back and try to get bad laws repealed but it takes a long long time usually.
(Score: 3, Touché) by captain normal on Wednesday January 31 2018, @09:41PM
Don't do that in Singapore.
"It is easier to fool someone than it is to convince them that they have been fooled" Mark Twain
(Score: 3, Informative) by captain normal on Wednesday January 31 2018, @09:39PM (1 child)
Actually it's not very hard. All guide books give you information on laws and customs that should be honored when visiting foreign countries. Even airlines hand out information on the countries where you might be traveling to.
The U.S. State Department has pertinent information on virtually every country on the planet. https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/country.html [state.gov]
"It is easier to fool someone than it is to convince them that they have been fooled" Mark Twain
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Thursday February 01 2018, @05:18AM
Including such surprising details such as that photos of fully clothed people can still be considered porn in that country?
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.