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Off the rails in Cambodia; two Brits and the role played by the British Embassy
There are few in the expat community here who haven’t heard a thing or two about Nick Mclernan, 40, and Martin Gates, 24: Singlet Senior and Singlet Junior, Beavis and Butthead, Dumb and Dumber — half...
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Prominent expat dentist commits suicide in hospital
Phnom Penh police are investigating the apparent suicide of prominent expat dentist Dr Wolfgang Schmidtberg who apparently killed himself in his hospital bed this morning, after being hospitalised for...
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US Missionary David Drueding found dead in Phnom Penh
It has been a bad week for expat deaths in Phnom Penh as news reaches us of yet another death, this time of US missionary Dr David Drueding, 66, who was found dead in his room at the Heng Pich Guest...
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British national, Oliver Banks, and unidentified foreigner dead from...
Two days, two separate incidents of foreign men dying from excessive drinking in Phnom Penh. Late last night a 32 year old British male died after being taken to Calmette Hospital. According to police...
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News: Khmer440 members support relief efforts in Nepal
Today a few K440 members supported the relief efforts in Nepal by contributing money to the above group of volunteering travelers and expats helping the victims of the recent earthquake. The...
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News: American, Mallory Thomas Martin, found dead in Cambodia hotel
A 42 year old American man with an extensive petty criminal background has been found dead in a Phnom Penh guesthouse this morning, the latest in a series of foreigners dying in Phnom Penh. Mallory...
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News: Aerocambodia CEO Brian Naswall arrested abusing 12 year old girl
The Cambodia Daily has today reported that police have arrested AeroCambodia CEO, Brian Naswall, for allegedly assaulting a 12 year old girl on Koh Pich on Friday night. Mr Naswall is due to appear in...
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News: Young Brit Peter Riley, 25, Dies in Sihanoukville
The young western man found dead outside All Nations Guesthouse at Victory Hill, Sihanoukville yesterday has been named as Peter Michael Riley, a 25 year old British man from St Heliers, Jersey in the...
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News: Finnish bar owner, Timo Jokinen, found dead in Suomi Bar, Phnom Penh
Timo Jokinen, the 49 year old proprietor of a well-known bar and guesthouse on Phnom Penh’s Street 172 has been found dead in a room above the bar this morning. The Daun Penh District Chief of Police,...
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News: Owner of FX Animation Studio Theodor Symon arrested for abusing 9 year...
A 57 year old German man, Udo Theodore Symon, has been arrested in Phnom Penh for allegedly sexually abusing the nine year old son of his cleaner. Mr Symon is the owner of FX Animation Studios, which...
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British man Nick Laycock arrested for rape in Kampot
A young British man has been arrested for allegedly raping a female tourist – also from Britain – at the Arcadia Guesthouse in Kampot on Friday night. Nick Laycock, 25, is from Berkshire in the UK and...
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Convicted UK paedophile Paul Prestidge arrested in Phnom Penh
A convicted British paedophile has been arrested at his home in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district after UK authorities asked their Cambodian counterparts to keep on eye on his activities. Paul Prestidge,...
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To live and die in South East Asia
Death and taxes are the only things certain in life so they reckon. Well death anyway: some people never pay taxes. Where you choose to live invariably impacts on where you’re likely to die and, in...
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Plagiarism, phonyism and buffoonery at the Khmer Times: Part 2 – The fake...
I. INTRODUCTION Part 1 of this article discussed rampant plagiarism in columns written by T. Mohan, the publisher and (up until last week) managing editor of the Khmer Times. This part 2 will address...
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Singlets, Sok Bun, Sam Rainsy and the case of the missing PhD: 2015 – a year...
As 2015 draws to a close, it is a good moment to take a step back and look at some of the highlights – and lowlights – of the last twelve months on Khmer440, and beyond. It’s been a helluva year one...
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Fugitive Dutch paedophile Pieter Ceulen believed to be in Siem Reap
A convicted Dutch paedophile and former banker, Pieter Ceulen, 60, is believed to be in Siem Reap after fleeing Europe this week, just two days before an Antwerp court handed him long prison sentence...
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Where are they now? Psychologist Dr Ken ‘Carrington’ Wilcox
Longtime readers of Khmer440 will surely remember the name Kenneth Drew Wilcox. Wilcox is a psychologist who had a private practice in Phnom Penh from about 2005 through 2010. Dr. Wilcox’ online...
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Fugitive Belgian paedophile Pieter Ceulen under arrest after surrendering to...
Fugitive convicted paedophile Pieter Ceulen is in police custody and facing extradition to serve a 19 year prison sentence in Belgium after his lawyers negotiated a surrender today. He was arrested...
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Finnish woman Jenny Jokela dies of head injuries following moto accident
A young woman from Finland, Jenny Jokela, died earlier this week from head injuries following an accident on the motorbike she was riding in Sihanoukville. Miss Jokela, 22, worked at Papayago...
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Is Eric David Erdmann a falsely accused victim of mistaken identity, or a...
1. The Foreshadowing In late March, a new Khmer440 poster with the username “sniper_m4” started a topic in our discussion forums about “Being Followed.” Sniper_m4 expressed concern that a tuk tuk...
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