British man, 44, found living rough in Cambodia for TWO YEARS after robbery leaves him completely stranded

[Get Real]

7 hours ago, cooked said:

There are plenty of Thais lost in Cambodia because they lost everything including passport/ID in a gambling casino. There is a casino in Siem Riep.

Just saying.

I find it easy to believe that you can loose all money there. No problem. It is a little harder to swallow that the ID and passport goes too. Just saying. 

[lemonjelly]

Send him back;.... he’ll probably end up homeless again but on the streets of Glasgow.... out of the frying pan and into the fire.


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[Tony125]

30 minutes ago, Get Real said:

I find it easy to believe that you can loose all money there. No problem. It is a little harder to swallow that the ID and passport goes too. Just saying. 

If you read my post #24  his passport is not actually stolen , the friends writing the post say they have been keeping it for  him as he gets robbed sometimes and that he owns a car but because of the Parkinsons can no longer drive it. The car was left at a guest house who turned it over to police after 6 months.

[4MyEgo]

8 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

Not the British government or the Consul's fault. They should, with no difficulty, be able to give him a temporary travel document and maybe if they can find a guarantor even provide a ticket to get home. They used to "loan" individuals the fare home or maybe provide them with a ticket home, but I suspects got overwhelmed with the numbers of their citizen abroad. I know of one case in the '70's of an older lady travelling in Yugoslavia who was robbed. She was travelling on a UK passport but was from Australia. UK Consul could repatriate her but she had emigrated as a young woman and all her family was in Aus, and she had no relatives in the UK.. UK and Aus guys decided over a beer to repatriate her to Aus. they must have worked out the finances between them. I suspect as above the rules have changed.

UK foreign Office has no affiliation with the Welfare Dept. nor are they a branch of the UK police. If one leaves the protection of the UK shores, one is on one's own. 

Pretty much the same if you leave "the lucky country" Australia, which once was, not so lucky today, as soon as you leave for more than 183 days, your a foreign resident, no health care (Medicare), 32.5% tax on anything you earn if your lucky enough to earn something from back in Australia, property is taxed at the same rate, and capital gains tax, and if your wanting the old age pension, you have to return and wait 2 years before it becomes transportable.

 

Just saying, you can work 40 years in a country and as soon as you move here for a better quality of life, your old news, and looks like the message as you say, if your not producing, stay out !

[sead]

Ofc any embassy would have tried to help him with free passport and to contact family. Dont be ridicolous and trust this guy. 

[jacko45k]

15 hours ago, Bundooman said:

That's right, take the anti-establishment high ground - decry the Embassy/consular facilities. His name is not to be found under his given birthdate, his passport 'stolen' two years ago and yet you see no problem with this. Blame the authorities, but not him. Why didn't he deal with the problem at the outset? I bet you are anti-monarchy/police/all authority - small-minded, I would call that! 

You seem to have more information than I do. I only read that the FO will not help unless a family member or friend can be found to give financial help.  Where do you get the information that his records cannot be located? The guy has Parkinson's and is in a bad way. Fellow Scots seem to support his claim to being Scottish. Find the video of him on the Web shaking and unable to walk and ask him why he didn't deal with the problem at the outset.

The thread isn't about me, I am actually pro monarchy since you want to tell TV all about me when you actually know nothing,  How do you get that I am small minded when you seem to live your life on guesswork.

[oxo1947]

On 11/5/2017 at 9:05 AM, geovalin said:

A BRITISH couple holidaying in Cambodia were stunned when they came across a homeless Scottish man

I'm stunned that they understood him............

.

See you Jimmy…...

[Tony125]

17 hours ago, sanemax said:

There was another thread on TV about a Western homeless man in CM , in a broken wheelchair and his leg had metal rods going through it .

   I spoke to him yesterday and he got in the situation because he was in a tuk tuk which exploded 

And you believe every story someone tells you?  Some don't want too much help just tell a sob story to get some help. Just like the guy the post is about ,he doesn't even give the 2 brits his real name or birthdate.

[sanemax]

1 hour ago, Tony125 said:

And you believe every story someone tells you?  Some don't want too much help just tell a sob story to get some help. Just like the guy the post is about ,he doesn't even give the 2 brits his real name or birthdate.

I didnt say whether I believed him or not .

I was just saying what he told me .

The guy in the wheel-chair really didnt need to make up any sob story .

Sleeping in a broken wheel-chair at night on your own, with metal pins going through your leg , unshaven and unkept and rats running around .

    He did actually speak quite posh and wasnt drinking or taking drugs

[mikecha]

All very sad 

[Scott]

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[Justfine]

Why do people care more about white street guys? 2 billion people have less money than him (he owns a car). He's a bum by choice.

[Rhys]

Wish him the best and kudos for your effort.

[jenny2017]

On 11/6/2017 at 12:14 PM, Tchooptip said:

Be serious everyone, he is not a Syrian or a Libyan nor even an Iraki, but a Scotsman, so how could any government help him? Pfffff

Merkel will do. 

[Sir Dude]

No point asking the UK embassy/FCO for any help about anything as they don't care about their citizens. They will only clear up the mess if you die. If fact, if you are British you may as well consider that there isn't an embassy here as they won't help you. 

[The manic]

On 06/11/2017 at 8:16 AM, jacko45k said:

Makes one ashamed to be British, and no I don't mean the guy, I mean the consular/ F.O. response.

Absolutely.  Dreadful people and dreadful service.

[Kieran00001]

On 11/6/2017 at 12:57 PM, Bundooman said:

That's right, take the anti-establishment high ground - decry the Embassy/consular facilities. His name is not to be found under his given birthdate, his passport 'stolen' two years ago and yet you see no problem with this. Blame the authorities, but not him. Why didn't he deal with the problem at the outset? I bet you are anti-monarchy/police/all authority - small-minded, I would call that! 

 

The authorities help goes as far as a phone call and for all you know he already tried that avenue but not everyone has someone they can call who is willing to lend them the money for an airfare.  The fact that some people the newspaper spoke to could not find his records means little, perhaps his birth was registered in a different area, perhaps there was an error in his birth registration, regardless, that is just citizens trying to help, not the authorities who would actually be able to search for him using much more reliable methods, but they don't provide that service, just the phone call, they used to have far better services, they could arrange a loan, but now nothing, but blame the victim of theft not the authorities who have taken away from public services to the point of rendering them useless, quite the sheeple.

[Justfine]

So a guy with a car who chooses this life should have others pay for him when he doesn't want to return? 55555

[sanemax]

19 minutes ago, Kieran00001 said:

 

The authorities help goes as far as a phone call and for all you know he already tried that avenue but not everyone has someone they can call who is willing to lend them the money for an airfare.  The fact that some people the newspaper spoke to could not find his records means little, perhaps his birth was registered in a different area, perhaps there was an error in his birth registration, regardless, that is just citizens trying to help, not the authorities who would actually be able to search for him using much more reliable methods, but they don't provide that service, just the phone call, they used to have far better services, they could arrange a loan, but now nothing, but blame the victim of theft not the authorities who have taken away from public services to the point of rendering them useless, quite the sheeple.

Read the whole thread .

The British embassy offered him assistance , offered him a new passport and a flight home, but, he refused their offer of help

[jenny2017]

On 11/6/2017 at 3:36 PM, sanemax said:

There was another thread on TV about a Western homeless man in CM , in a broken wheelchair and his leg had metal rods going through it .

   I spoke to him yesterday and he got in the situation because he was in a tuk tuk which exploded 

Exploding Tuk Tuks sounds like Santa Claus on camels. 

[sanemax]

1 minute ago, jenny2017 said:

Exploding Tuk Tuks sounds like Santa Claus on camels. 

Could have been one of those tuk-tuks with a gas canister in the back , which was involved in a crash

[samsensam]

On 06/11/2017 at 1:16 AM, jacko45k said:

Makes one ashamed to be British, and no I don't mean the guy, I mean the consular/ F.O. response.

 

yes and no, playing the devils advocate, in this case for example the individual in question is not giving accurate information regarding his name and date of birth, therefore any time spent by the consulate attempting to help him would be a waste of their time and tax payers money.

 

 

[Justfine]

The cricket team makes one ashamed to be British.

[sanemax]

On 11/6/2017 at 12:03 PM, Tony125 said:

If you Google his name another site Expats in Cambodia Online states they know of him and have tried to help but he refuses. They have even bought meds for him but he would rather drink. Said they arranged for him to stay at a hospice and be flown home but left. He has a car that the police have that people wanted to get so he could sleep in it and Police said send him down we will talk about his overstay so they forgot that idea. They say his passport is being held by Immigration as he left it at a guesthouse.  Some new guys said they located him and are trying to make arrangements to get him sent home. They have contacted a relative who has been sending $$$  monthly.

Posters need to understand the situation, before criticising the British embassy 

[InnerCynic]

On 11/6/2017 at 12:14 PM, Tchooptip said:

Be serious everyone, he is not a Syrian or a Libyan nor even an Iraki, but a Scotsman, so how could any government help him? Pfffff

On top of that it's a Scotsman without any money!  That alone makes it hard to believe.

[Dukeleto]

Handy place to be sitting right next to an ATM.

[Rough Rider]

On 11/6/2017 at 5:03 AM, cooked said:

There are plenty of Thais lost in Cambodia because they lost everything including passport/ID in a gambling casino. There is a casino in Siem Riep.

Just saying.

A casino in Siem Riep? Wow tell us something that most people doesn't know! Many people getting lost in Cambodia, that does not wish to be find!

[cooked]

9 hours ago, Rough Rider said:

A casino in Siem Riep? Wow tell us something that most people doesn't know! Many people getting lost in Cambodia, that does not wish to be find!

Intelligent comment of the week. I was merely suggesting that he possibly lost his money in the casino, not through being robbed. 

[Airbagwill]

On 11/6/2017 at 12:03 PM, Tony125 said:

If you Google his name another site Expats in Cambodia Online states they know of him and have tried to help but he refuses. They have even bought meds for him but he would rather drink. Said they arranged for him to stay at a hospice and be flown home but left. He has a car that the police have that people wanted to get so he could sleep in it and Police said send him down we will talk about his overstay so they forgot that idea. They say his passport is being held by Immigration as he left it at a guesthouse.  Some new guys said they located him and are trying to make arrangements to get him sent home. They have contacted a relative who has been sending $$$  monthly.

 

All these problems brought on himself, I had a passport stolen went to US Embassy and got a new one.  Broke my ATM card (from US bank) they sent me a new one. These alcoholics or drug users would rather stay in warm Asian countries bumming and living on a beach then back in a cold EU or other western country

 

 

Brought on himself...idealist fairly clear the guy is ill. He needs medical help and repatriation.

What's his visa situation?

[sanemax]

5 minutes ago, Airbagwill said:

Brought on himself...idealist fairly clear the guy is ill. He needs medical help and repatriation.

What's his visa situation?

Although if he went back to the UK , he would probably end up in a similar situation , he may as well stay in Cambo , as its warmer