23 August 2007
Reuters
TAIPEI - Cambodia’s former king is demanding that brides from the country be returned from Taiwan, where many have been abandoned by local men and led into prostitution or harsh labour deals to keep their visas.
The demand casts new light on the darker side of a preference by many Taiwanese men for brides from less developed Asian countries, including China and some Southeast Asian nations.
“Taiwanese ’gentlemen’ have brought Cambodian women to be their ’spouses’,” former King Norodom Sihanouk said in his country’s newspapers. “Today, these Khmer women have been thrown into the streets by these very arrogant and contemptuous false husbands.”
Sihanouk, though he has held no government title, is one of the most respected figures in Cambodia. Sihanouk’s son Norodom Sihamoni is now king of the impoverished nation.
About 4,500 Cambodians live in Taiwan on spouse visas, according to government statistics. Taiwan men, unable to find brides at home, often look to Southeast Asia, where many women want to live in modern societies such as Taiwan’s.
But some marriages go bad and some are fake, leading women to prostitution or other forms of illegal labour to keep their Taiwan residence permits.
This week Taiwan rebuffed the former king’s request, arguing that the Cambodian brides came to the island legally and can leave whenever they like.
“We’re a free country. We’re not going to say ’you’ve got to come,’” said Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman David Wang. “From Taiwan’s point of view, the issue is whether they cleared immigration legally.”
The demand casts new light on the darker side of a preference by many Taiwanese men for brides from less developed Asian countries, including China and some Southeast Asian nations.
“Taiwanese ’gentlemen’ have brought Cambodian women to be their ’spouses’,” former King Norodom Sihanouk said in his country’s newspapers. “Today, these Khmer women have been thrown into the streets by these very arrogant and contemptuous false husbands.”
Sihanouk, though he has held no government title, is one of the most respected figures in Cambodia. Sihanouk’s son Norodom Sihamoni is now king of the impoverished nation.
About 4,500 Cambodians live in Taiwan on spouse visas, according to government statistics. Taiwan men, unable to find brides at home, often look to Southeast Asia, where many women want to live in modern societies such as Taiwan’s.
But some marriages go bad and some are fake, leading women to prostitution or other forms of illegal labour to keep their Taiwan residence permits.
This week Taiwan rebuffed the former king’s request, arguing that the Cambodian brides came to the island legally and can leave whenever they like.
“We’re a free country. We’re not going to say ’you’ve got to come,’” said Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman David Wang. “From Taiwan’s point of view, the issue is whether they cleared immigration legally.”
8 comments:
People go to youtube and type down sloppysucker1, this bastard is a vietnamese n his been posting up vids and very racist comment about cambodia. In his vids he even shows that cambodia will be become part of vietnam in 2070. You guy have to check it out and can someone get this guy membership remove or something.
The fucken Taiwanese government is supporting Taiwanese sexual predator men. This is a disgrace to see these Cambodian bride women being treated like a throw away people and this is a violation of basic human right.
Since this is an ongoing issue, the fucken Taiwanese men must be banned from marrying Cambodian women from now on!
This Taiwan foreign official has no interest in solving real issues for foreigners. He rather let his so called Taiwan husbands continue their crime against them. Let me tell you Mr. Taiwan foreign mimister, you don't solve problem this way. When it happens to your wife, then you will know if you are still a human being.
THE FUCKEN TAIWANESE GOVT SOON NOT GONNA HAVE ANY RIGHTS LEFT TO TALK SHITS LIKE THIS. CAUSE SOONER OR LATER THE CHINA GONNA TAKE THEIR AZZ BACK TO COMMUNIST SOCIETY. THEN THEY LL KNOW WHAT IT LIKE TO LEAVE WITHOUT PROPER FREEDOM... FKEN GOOK TAIWANESE
The former King is finally doing something right. He has the gutt to fight against unjustice and slavery. Please bring this issue to UNDP humanrights so other countries stop taking advantage on the 3rd world countries.
I believe the Reuters had completely missed interpreted former King Sihanouk's intention.
Former King Sihanouk is demanding the return of all the Cambodian land that has been enchroached by the Yuon - crocodile.
Former King Sihanouk is demanding to have all 4 million vietnamese illegal immigrants to return back to their home, Vietnam.
It is so fucken funny when AH David Wang the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said that Taiwan is a free country! Ahhahahhahah!
So a free country like Taiwan to allow all these sexual predator Taiwanese men to go around the world buying women and bring them to Taiwan like commodity for their sexual pleasure?
If these women are illegal immigrants, how the fuck these women get into Taiwan in the first place? Why the fucken Taiwanese government deports all them back to where they came from? And why the fucken Taiwanese government keeps holding these helpless women as hostage for some fucken visa? Hey! Nobody is dying to become a Taiwanese okay! If it weren't for the fucken sexual perverted Taiwanese men and maybe this fucken issue wouldn't happen in the first place!
Shame on Taiwan!
Shame on Taiwanese government!
Shame on Taiwanese sexual predator men!
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