Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Cambodia bans foreign men over 50 marrying local women

An old "goat" (oops, sorry, prince) with his young wife (mistress???)
Parts of the government are alarmed to see young Cambodian women consorting with aged foreign men Photo: ALAMY
Cambodia has banned foreign men over the age of 50 marrying local women in an effort to combat sham marriages and human trafficking.

22 Mar 2011
By Ian MacKinnon in Bangkok
The Telegraph (UK)

Even those overseas men lucky enough to be under the threshold will have to show they earn more than £1,539 a month – many times the average Cambodian wage – before they can tie the knot with a Khmer woman.

The new crackdown, which came into force at the beginning of the month, seeks to prevent trafficking of women and sham marriages.

South Korean men in particular seek Cambodian "mail-order brides" set up by agencies. The men travel to Cambodia, meet their prospective partners and marry a few days later.

The fear in government circles is that the women may be sent into prostitution in their husband's home country or "used as slaves". Koy Kuong, a spokesman for Cambodia's foreign ministry, said human rights groups had detailed many such cases.


But another spokesman suggested the government was just as alarmed by how things looked, saying it was not "fitting" to see young Cambodian women consorting with aged foreign men.

The ruling has provoked a mixed reaction as it does not affect Cambodian men or foreign women. Some even say it is discriminatory against Cambodian women, despite the effort to protect them from exploitation.

"This is discrimination against women because they will not be allowed to marry men who are over 50 ... while Cambodian men can marry any foreign woman they choose," said Kek Galabru, head of the Licadho human rights group.

31 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think it is a part of age discrimination! Stupid law of CPP and Hun Sen under Youn Communist environment.

Anonymous said...

There should be a law like that, but the country of Cambodia ruled by Hun Sen under his Youn/Viet Communist Hanoi has been so corrupted. Not everyone enjoys freedom under the Communist CPP and Hun Sen under Youn Communist Hanoi.

Anonymous said...

I need a young slave to wash dishes and cloths for me - Old Brown Rice

Anonymous said...

That is unfair because the prince and cpp old men are sex with very young teenage girls and they suffer us men at oversea.

Unfair law, discrimination law, prejudice law agaisnt age, race.

Unfair, it is really unfair. We are old men would like the king review this discrimination law of marriage. We would like the king be fair to us as old men at oversea because old men at cambodia sleep with under age girls and no body do anything to them expecially high rank CPP members.

We want to marry young wife, we want fair law in marriage, we want the king erase this discrimination law out.

Thanks

Anonymous said...

Kuor jass jong si smao khjey, Reak

arch!!


Old cows get diarrhea eating tender grass.

Anonymous said...

ED RRidh is not an old Goat but a half female Toad that likes to hump younger woman at his own daughter age.

Anonymous said...

Rannaridh is one of the AH CHAM KOUT LUONG.

Anonymous said...

It is a phyco attack of ah Hun Xen! to say that 50 and over are useless! Because motherfucker plan to replace himself with his son (Hun Manet)

See how mother fucker get fighting with Thai and get many life to be killed tso the stupid dog say that his fucking son act like Bus!!!!

Anonymous said...

10:08AM! if so ah Kwack is on the way joining Kadafi and the rest of dickhead, even Sadame!

Anonymous said...

I think it is good to have a law to prevent of women trafficking.
But the government should review it again and again before it came in force.

I think that it is not fair to say exact age of 50 could not marry to Khmer women. How about a Khmer woman is 45 and a foreigner is 50? they meet and fall in love not by a broker, does the government consider about in case like this?

The government should consider about the corrupt officials first before making a law.

Even the law came in force but it is useless because of corrupted officials.

Shame, silly,

it's time to change!

Anonymous said...

How stupid is this!? How much ignorance... nobody realize in Cambodia that no govermment have right to tell anybody (adult)who you can or cant marry... I can undertand why in colonial times french officials always refer to cambodians as "children".. please people.. grow up! mature! realize you are in the 21th century not in the middle age... wake up!

Anonymous said...

It is just a law, but we Cambodian should be careful and learn of the mistake from our past.
That kind of the situation happened with some Thai and Philippine girls, who married with European men. The girls ended up at the close doors and have to serve as slave prostitution.
Am sure, that we Cambodian don't want, that the young Khmer girls will suffer under this situation.

Anonymous said...

Another fucken stupid LAW that I see coming out from ah Hun Sen/CPP's parliament. This ridiculous......they created the LAW just to benefit themselves, ie keep the young girls for themselves....how do they know people below 50 and earn a good salary won't do the bad things...????

Anonymous said...

I is very discussing to see this haroy prince taking a second hand woman for being his legal wife.
Veng Srey vuth has said this prince is very dach dap for seeing his staffs young wives. No body can trust this dach dab prince at all.

Anonymous said...

The wife stealer, the womenizer, the pussy licker and the political loser HHR. H.E Dr. norodom ket tae pi rot. son of king siha nouk and half brother of king siha money.

Anonymous said...

Pourk Ah oversea are going to vai dai heavily.

Anonymous said...

I liked the new law they make I think it good, cause I knew alot of old dog from OverSea went to Cambodian get a youn girl to be their wife. Some of them as old as there grand father married to the girl like 18 or 19 years old. Those girl from Cambodian they don't cares how old or uglies your are they just wanted to be in the United States. Example like that old dude Moyura Video he married to a girl she like 18 or less that dude is like around 60 years his wife left him with a Khmer body builder now he went to Cambodian get a younger grass hehehehehehe.

Anonymous said...

This is a good law, It stops good looking sexy bar girls from trapping a drunk barang into marriage.

Anonymous said...

he had chance Aslave sEX RANNARIDH to eat good pussy of a prostitute
UK PHALLA .
GIVE ME HER because i've a big penis 24 CM .
certainly she like it and she d'ont like a old man with a small penis as you .
aHUN SEN'S dog a choy mray RANNARIDH SI KANDORUY YUORN .

Anonymous said...

not a good law.. You can tell a 50yrs person how to live theirs life. They have seen it all. I think some woman poltics or Hun Sen Wife is jealous. What about corruption on the PM and it family

Anonymous said...

We dont need this stupid law. We need to focus more immigration and VISA. Too many boat people killing the country.

Anonymous said...

yea BA-BY young and sexy.....yea

Anonymous said...

It is a phyco attack of ah Hun Xen! to say that 50 and over are useless! Because motherfucker plan to replace himself with his son (Hun Manet)

See how mother fucker get fighting with Thai and get many life to be killed so the stupid dog CAN say that his fucking son act like Bus!!!! And a hero.

Anonymous said...

Fuck Hun Manet he and his family dont do shit for the country, but sell the country to make money.

Anonymous said...

how about setting age gap with required minimum salary. for the salary requirement is filter out potential slackers.

Anonymous said...

i know, there are a lot of old goats in the khmer royal household that married younger girls or so called concubines, etc! and they only criticized or banned old troller foreigners! how hypocritical!

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Dumb and Dumber

Anonymous said...

Ah idiot could be Mee idiot's grand father

Anonymous said...

Rotten Royal Rat!
Hand the rope please.

Anonymous said...

I'm 49 old women I'm Cambodian and i found my foreigner true love 50 years old ,my married still illegal it is not fairly ,Mr Assembly should consider about this again ,