There has been a lot of movement over at Techo International Airport lately, with a chartered flight deporting 329 Chinese nationals implicated in various offenses, including 10 women. Local media report that the group was caught up in a laundry list of violations, ranging from drug use and passport issues to illegal employment and cyber scams, leading to a massive round-up.
To be honest, making a living on the streets of Phnom Penh, the last thing you want to hear is that another compound has blown up in the news. Sitting at a local teahouse, you can often overhear tables next to yours talking about this grey industry. They are always moving between different places and dorms, but in the end, the police still catch up to them, packing them onto buses to the airport in disgrace.
The General Department of Immigration moved fast this time, putting everyone straight onto a chartered flight out. Out on the streets, the motorbikes keep roaring past and the night market stir-fry stalls keep firing up. For locals, it is just another batch of transient faces passing through, and life goes on as usual.
