Children exploited in Cambodian building boom - 28 Jun 08

[RoniCMaster]

I don't get what is so wrong here. For an underdeveloped economy where the majority of the population are youths and where formal education is abysmal and largely inaccessible, isn't this actually a good thing? Are you saying that Western Industrial Revolution did not see the use of any child labor? Come on, come clean with it. Cambodia is in the midst of its industrialization, the same stage of development Europe and the US underwent in the late 1800s. If the conditions are the same, it's OK.

[diptdipt]

In all this game, the devil is losing and at the end will be accused of everything because GOD don’t want any rivals. Conclusion: live at the full in the freedom of GOD (praying in a right form, following the INSTRUCTIONS in the Bible - keeping the 10 commandments - including keeping the Saturday as the 7th day etc.) instead of in the incapacity and limited power of devil because he is just a temporary puppet. Jesus Christ is our savior and our hope!

[NTtheLion]

Oh fuckin waaaa.

At least she isn't being fucked at that age.

It sucks that she has to work, BUT, all these Westerners need to calm the fuck down.

[halyie]

@NTtheLion then you go work there and get burns or get killed just so you can make the rent

[cookatp4]

hun sen is a monkey

[kmpro123]

Donors and generous international organization should get the money back from the corrupt Government of Hun Sen and his inner circle who stole the money. The money should be delivered to hands of the poor people who deserve. Hun Sen will face the international pressure for what have done badly to the poor people.

[JeromeLeong]

Cambodia is between Vietnam and Thailand right?

[Siameserice]

@JeromeLeong No, maybe it's near Pakistan, idiot! don't your teacher ever teach you geography at school?

[JeromeLeong]

@Siameserice No need to be so rude, i cant remember every country's name. I know u are a pretty smart person. I assume that you learned your manner in Pakistan eh?

[Siameserice]

@JeromeLeong Too bad I don't have to need to go to Pakistan, by the way what for? I never heard any Thai run away from Thailand to Pakistan, do you? We are too rich for such a backward country like that.lmfo

[JeromeLeong]

@Siameserice What? are you trying to change topic? i never say anything about Thailand. lol u have an eye problem, i suggest u to see doctor. 

[robinfreeman777777]

God has gone blind, or may be he is sleeping. The almighty sucks.

[SalvableRuin]

@robinfreeman777777 Maybe you are blind and sleeping.

[Super44884488]

cambodia do not have the welfair system like the western country.people have to work to servive.youngs or olds.do not complain the recent govermement.I thing they are doing everything they can to help their peoples,

[InuyashasFreak01]

this is one of the first times i heard of a cambodian woman with a british accent (& im talking abut the lady thats narrorating)

[KeraPera]

Reform labor policy is a better bet than banning child labor, which is impossible in such poverty. The ironic truth is that it is better to employ those children then to let them starve.

[kmangsren]

ចង់ឲ្យអ្នកខ្មែរធ្វើកម្មវិធីដូច­នេះដោយស្នាដៃខ្មែរ

[pochlomin]

Please join unicef . This will provide provision and schooling... so sad...

[beancube2008]

The government and foreign investors are capitalized resources which should go to people for frauds. Just audit the system. Governments and foreign businesses hate audit system.

[younitehumanity]

I would blame the US government for that...if the US wanted to drive out the leadership of Cambodia...then they could of done so very easily...but no, they need some countries to show us this so we feel blessed. I don't feel blessed at all when I know that this garbage is happening on my planet.

[prasanchok]

"children like Lek will be forced to carry the burden of progress but hardly recieve the benefits" .....True ! but one eye Hun Sen will, so will his cronies , the Viets and so called foriegn investors will also benefit....

[prasanchok]

Cambodia has a history of povety and exploitation a corrupt government and Hun Sens less than honest leadership has depended on cheap labour. and lets not forget Cambodias reputation for a more sinister type of child explotation

[PenhKID05]

Sometime, developing country like cambodia, will need more time to help all those child. I will try to proceed this condition more faster it i can. Better, stronger and recover.

[Lancified]

I seriously think Hun Sen should be driven out of his Governental duties!!.His government really sucks shit!!!.

[ViewingAccount2]

Exploitation. Paying for a Wife, Exploitation. Sexual Exploitation lol.

[Rathegreatest]

40$ a month!!!! I can't even buy a bag of with that.. I'm gonna open up a shop in srok khmer and see to it that they get paid 40$ a week hehe...

[HatedWar]

she pretty she can find one good husbby don't need to work no more. lol

[cslscs]

you guys are good. you guy concern about cambodians. i really appriciate that. but you actually just talk and blame each other and end up all the failure to one man. don't you feel embarrassed. you are better ask yourself what have you done for cambodians especially for those poor kids. you can do without HunSen. they need you guys. there are many community services waiting for your greatful participation. let your hands involed rather than your mouth...

[FeleciaCruz]

i hate seeing children work.

[camae62]

The elites got everything. The poor have nothing. That's Cambodia under Hun sen and his curropted government with Hanoi style.

[KhmerSerey1]

i was being sarcastic 12bethyda ;)),we both don't like hun sen.He is a khmer rouge military commander in the eastern zone up until 1977,a communist,he left cambodia to vietnam and return with the viet invasion.

[12bethyda]

i love that poor that work boy or girl they r real person living life that wat i want 4 my man not a man that sit n talk bad about people n eat i want the man 2 be like work hard n someday he be rich life at the end it going 2 be happy end

[KhmerSerey1]

Coming from a viet communist who stole more then half the khmer land,that really meant something to me.

[mrhou2000]

what is wrong those of you who have negative point of view about this. It is only a documentation and It is TRUE and why are ashamed of it. Cambodia is poor. Cambodian children are working where should not do. I think each one of us should be able to help at least one of them out before we die. Thanks folks

[KhmerSerey1]

Hey just as long as the children of the cpp party members are happy right ? keep voting for hun sen.

[nguyenvuphong]

what's stupid man! you should open your eyes to the world

[12bethyda]

the fuck hun sen is the one that killed khmer so if u r voting 4 hun sen u r killed khmer u should know he bad stop acting like u dont know cuz aevery1 in the world know

[Simoneeka]

Khmers are descendants of the Great Angkor Wat Temple builders.

Khmers used to be rich before war. Khmer capital Phnom Penh was know

as "Pearl of South Asia before war".

Because of war that makes Khmers poor, but Khmers are hard working

right now and soon they will become rich again once more.

[KhmersHelpedThais]

Hey, Cambodia was at war for almost 30 years, do not expect Khmer people become rich just one day.

Some Khmers are poor no money, but they are rich of spirit and rich of culture.

At least poor Khmers had made a most beautiful woman on earth like Angelina Jolie to become a strong woman today. Go asking her, she said the Khmers gave her courage to live her life again.

[purplehazygurl]

how?

[Watchurstep]

Yeah How? explain it

[AbsoluteWinner]

Not all Khmers are poor. At least, Khmers don't change sex gear selling their bodies to foreigners like Thai people did.

[Ge0rgeWBush]

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[PauloGVieira]

LOL idiot, you cant help but laugh at the American nouveau riche.

You should be saving those pretty pennies because China's banks want you to repay the billions of dollars they lent you.

[Horden479]

You Americans really talk a lot of shit don't you. Bet I can guess where you pulled that comment from, must be why it's covered in shit. this comment is not directed to all Americans, just the dumb ones who try to stick up for their countires foreign policy. Ge0rgeWBush (user) comment is not the full turth and proof that many American patriots revert to lying to cover their mistakes.

[MarquisdeBarrabas]

Ah, the wonders of unfettered capitalism!

Who needs labor regulations anyway? We're going back to the 19th century.

[antimarxism]

Do you know your history, moron? Read up on Cambodia, it's civil wars and communist thugs.

Today is a utopia compared to where it came from. It is a surprise that they are even at this point with the corrupt Cambodian government pigs.

[MarquisdeBarrabas]

And let's not forget the wonders of a solid education in a dogmatic society.

I will enjoy watching you fall.

[tajikisthanapple]

Aishwarya Rai desert rose best site in youtube. Best amazing dance.

[electango]

It's better to warehouse children in middle schools and high schools like America does so they don't develop good work ethics. Later they either go on welfare or end up in prison because they are unable or unwilling to work.

[jonah1976]

A small minority end up on welfare or in prison, and the schools aren't the main reason for this. Rather parents, social status, genetics. Your ignorance is disturbing.

[electango]

A small minority? Our prisons are full of illiterates incapable of holding down the jobs this economy produces. So while able bodied Americans sit in prison or on welfare, millions of immigrants flood into the country eager to work their asses off. Maybe our children should either prove their efforts toward literacy or be farmed out to pick lettuce or wash dishes so they can develop work ethics since so many refuse to take advantage of our nation's commitment to free public education.

[antimarxism]

Education for children and not having to work is a priviledge paid for by hard-working taxpayers. They were given that right and unfortunately not many respect it.

The work ethic and discipline in many other countries is exponentially higher than the lazy fat ungrateful "entitled" children in the US.

Asians, Jews, Hispanics now make more per capita than blacks. Starting at zero with MORE obstacles. Asians make even more than whites per capita.

Don't give me the victim talking points.

[PauloGVieira]

"Asians make even more than whites per capita" - So you are telling me that from up north in Mongolia and down south to Timor Leste, the people in the Asian region make more money per capita than those in Europe and the Americas?

You silly American fool, remember you're the nouveau riche so drop the holier than thou attitude.

[ninjaseatvegies]

GO AMERICA11!!11111!

[PauloGVieira]

Yes, I wish you would go but then who will I have to make fun of patronise.

[USoldOutCanadians]

government friends and family's never have a problem they are the bosses destroying every country they get the good high paying jobs ,,,non government humans and loved ones get slaughtered in every country but this is real bad stuff ,they are not government slaves they are not government property.

[manwiththecalicobag]

thats the capitalist way :) a few get rich the rest fight over the scraps ,, :),

[DonSimonBolivar]

Capatilism! Wow.

[PauloGVieira]

The excesses of Capitalism are dangerous, just as the excesses of Communism are.

These are foreign developments and these international companies should be named and shamed.

[antimarxism]

Cambodian Labor Laws are the problem.

Foreign investors are only putting up the capital for the CAMBODIAN PROJECTS dictated by the Cambodian government.

Are you going to punish the corrupt Cambodian government (and in turn the people) by not investing there at all?

If you don't like it, don't buy 3rd world products or support tourism there. Almost all 3rd world countries use child labor and miserable working conditions.

Enjoying your jogging pants from Walmart now?

[PauloGVieira]

Again it is up to lobby groups in developed countries to continually push up the standards of ethical investment. Ethical investment is the fastest growing sector in this field.

Jogging pants from Walmart? Im no fat American.

[antimarxism]

You just proved your original comment wrong.

And as far as "ethical investment", Cambodians are lucky to even have a meal. Ever hear of Maslow's hierarchy?

One step at a time.

[PauloGVieira]

I dont think I have, if people in the developed world knew how there money was being invested they will certainly be making their decisions differently.

The ethical investment sector has worked successfully with groups like Oxfam and with mutual benefit.

Maslow's hierarchy? One step at a time? Do these excuses make you sleep better at night? I am certainly not comfortable with the fact that I can enjoy the fruits of education and liberty whilst another is denied such a basic standard.

[antimarxism]

This goes on in every 3rd world country, especially Cambodia, with it's disgusting Cambodian Communists that brought famine/deaths to millions.

Cambodia is the 17th most corrupt country of the world and 3rd most in SE Asia. International aid is routed to private accounts.

"Fear of renewed political instability and corruption within the government discourage foreign investment and delay foreign aid.."

[hajqbvii]

That's an idea....the Activist can start paying the children to stay home....

[lastnymleft]

$45/month earned by three people? And they are probably supporting multiple times that

These are the people that suffer most when Ben Bernanke and his partners in crime at the Fed flood the world with USD to prop up an unsustainable US economy, causing monetary inflation, devaluing the USD, making every commodity traded internationally in USD more expensive - oil, rice, wheat, corn, etc. Price rises in the grocery store, and at the gas pump, are the consequence. EVERYBODY around the world pays

[Spade0007]

The Poor Is a crime --The Source is not sleeping

we all have to answer to our actions--Amen_RA

[AsianPolitics]

VERY SAD :(

[geogodley]

i was an exploited child laborer till age 21, right here in america. lost most vacactions to forced manual labor. nobody did anything because "that's what they do" in some "families".

so i made up for it by playing my adult life and making the movie "the player's guide" on youtube.