In Cambodia children are sold into prostitution.
There are foreign organizations stopping this to some extent. There are some Cambodian people making money from it. There are some Cambodian people turning a blind eye. There are some Cambodian people powerless to do anything about it.
In Cambodia, poor people are sometimes tricked or coerced into giving their children up for adoption. People from other countries are told that their parents are dead, and adopt these children. The Cambodian people doing this, will be very nice and polite, while they are lying to their face. Britain has banned adoption from Cambodia because there is too much dishonesty.
Again, there are some people making money from this. There are some people turning a blind eye. There are some people powerless to do anything about it.
These are just examples of what happens in Cambodia.
This type of attitude runs through the entire system. People in Cambodia make money with no regard to honesty or fairness the way we understand it.
If you learn the language, go and talk to the poor people about a whole lot of issues which affect their everyday life, and listen to how they are treated, you will probably cry.
The tourist guides won't normally tell you about these things. They want to present a nice picture of Cambodia to the outside world.
(to be continued)
