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Cambodia may deport Gary Glitter

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Disgraced glam rocker Gary Glitter may face deportation from Cambodia where he has been living for several months, Cambodian Minister of Women's Affairs Mu Sochua says. Glitter, 57, an icon of the 1970s British pop scene whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, was sentenced to four months in prison in 1999 after pleading guilty to 54 charges of child pornography.


He was discovered renting an apartment in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh by a tabloid journalists last weekend.


"He is not welcome here," Mu Sochua said.


"I will officially ask the British ambassador to release documents related to (Gadd's) case. If it (his conviction) is true, I will further request Prime Minister Hun Sen to deport him," she told Reuters by telephone.


"Cambodia is not a safe haven for people who have committed such crimes."


Glitter was arrested in Britain in November 1997 after a technician at a computer store discovered indecent images of young children while carrying out repairs to his computer.


Mu Sochua said there was no law to deport foreigners who had committed no crimes in the country, but the presence of some foreigners hurt the country's image.


"We don't need a law for this, its a moral issue," she said. "We have a lot of tourists, we do not need him."


Cambodia's weak judicial system and lax law enforcement has in recent years made the impoverished Southeast Asian country a haven for paedophiles and child sex tourists.


Lieutenant Colonel Pol Phithey, chief of Phnom Penh's Foreigner Police Department, said Gadd had committed no crimes in Cambodia but officers searched his apartment on Sunday and questioned him about his seven-month residency in the city.


"He (Gadd) failed to register as a foreigner living in Cambodia," Pol Phithey told Reuters by telephone.


"He was not arrested, but police ordered him to register now," he said. Pol Phithey said the ageing rocker had told police he was looking for a job in Cambodia.

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"Cambodia is not a safe haven for people who have committed such crimes."


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Mu Sochua said there was no law to deport foreigners who had committed no crimes in the country, but the presence of some foreigners hurt the country's image.


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"We don't need a law for this, its a moral issue," she said. "We have a lot of tourists, we do not need him."


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Cambodia's weak judicial system and lax law enforcement has in recent years made the impoverished Southeast Asian country a haven for paedophiles and child sex tourists.

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This thread could end in him getting shot.

*shrugs*

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UJ's point is still a good one.

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Very very poor country. One doesn't readily sell one's 10 year daughter into a life of prostitution for as a few bucks if it isn't a matter of life or death for the rest of the family.

Rice crop fails, you're fucked, as will your daughter be.

But aside from that, Smug, there's an almost uncanny resemblance, your last name's not "Glad" by any chance?

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Cool shirt.

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Hasn't this man's life been made miserable enough with the coining of the phrase 'Up The Gary'?

I say a slap on the wrist, a couple of swift slices to the nads, and life imprisonment in a Gulag in Siberia and we'll say no more about it.

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Cool shirt.

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The sad thing is that he could have found a 23 year old Asian hooker that looked 10 in in his own country, and avoided the trip and the problems.Hell if he is willing to travel he could have gone to Japan, he could have gotten one(an of age hooker) there with Hello Kitty gear and all.

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If it's true, at least.

If it is true, he probably really is incorrigable. Not to mention pretty stupid.

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And 'his own country' (the UK) probably isn't a safe place for him to live, or at least, he might not feel safe there, given the mob mentality in some areas when it comes to paedophiles. I wonder if he has much money left, for that matter. Royalties must have dried up, I imagine he had sizeable legal bills and he's gone broke once before.

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If he was smart with the money he could still have some.But most rock stars aren't.If he still has money.Isn't there nations with very low age of consent laws.Even as low as 14.

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Royalties must have dried up, I imagine he had sizeable legal bills and he's gone broke once before.

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I had never even heard of him.

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dun dun da dun dun da dun, da da dun HEY!

Rock and Roll Part Two, you know it.

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Oh ok.Yea it's the football song.He likely made a good bit off of that.

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If he was smart with the money he could still have some.But most rock stars aren't.If he still has money.Isn't there nations with very low age of consent laws.Even as low as 14.

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Will never be able to hear that song again without thinking of the poor 12 year old Asian virgins.

"HEY!"

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It's a holiday in Cambodia
It's tough kid, but it's life
It's a holiday in Cambodia
Don't forget to pack a wife

It's a holiday in Cambodia
Where people dress in black
A holiday in Cambodia
Where you'll kiss ass or crack

And it's a holiday in Cambodia
Where you'll do what you're told
A holiday in Cambodia
Where the slums got so much soul

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He actually tried to get me to go back to England with him decades ago.
Duffer even then.

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I'm totally moving to cambodia.

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Did Rav get deported from Asylumnation?

Amen.

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Burn him!

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