Unfortunately this kind of hit-and-run is quite common in Cambodia.
Sometimes there is genuinely no way to find the perp, but a lot of the time, either the police are cowed into not really investigating too hard (when the perp turns out to be the son of a highish ranking government official, or wealthy business family, for example), or there is this kind of attempt to make things go away by paying-off the victims, police and anyone else necessary.
I would guess (but you never know) Huawei itself may have little involvement, other than providing the salary required to drive such an ostentatious vehicle, etc, in what is still a poor, developing (though thoroughly corrupt) nation (http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f135/gavinmac/15181532_346...)
Not saying that a hit and run would get the same treatment, but I've definitely seen underage DUIs and posession arrests "disappear" for the kids of wealthy locals right here in the USA.
In Belgium, a EU country, we even have a law that allows criminals to buy off their trial. It is highly controversial and recently it was exposed that the law was designer made to allow a caught Uzbek businessman to buy his way out of a tax-evasion conviction. It has even been used to buy of convictions of corruption.
(Link in Dutch
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnelijke_schikking )
This is a great example of the Ned for a free and adverbial press. It's also a good example of the need for independently run forums. Sadly both are under assault.
Also, I'm sure were this domestic that a returned-to-China Facebook would do the same thing.
A friend of mine was riding with a relatively well connected Chinese lady, when she pointed at a man on the side of the road and said: "I could hit that guy and get away with it, would probably cost me 100k". That a Huawei boss could get away with it in Cambodia doesn't come as much of a shock.
This sort of thing happens a lot in the world. With the internet people may think that all countries are the same but just with different languages and food but every country is really different.
my opinion on this story: some rich wanker tries to make problems go away with money and intimidation, not unusual. The worry is that there needs to be recognition and kudos for news sources that don't cave in.
This incidence underscores the importance of the Internet (neutral) and social media that is not a walled garden totally. Reddit, Telegram, Signal (HN to a lesser extent, due to its less popularity amongst general public) are good mechanisms to spread news which the mainstream media chooses to suppress due to reasons like corruption, pressure, political correctness.
In US also the mainstream media mainly sold out to Saudi money, tends to suppress news critical of Islam and the pseudo-liberal practice of intimidating any critique of the oppressive ideology of Islam in the name of racism, islamophobia and what-not.
If not for the Internet and social media, the ex-Muslims' voice would not been suppressed by the corrupt mainstream media. [1] [2]
[+] [-] jacknews|9 years ago|reply
Sometimes there is genuinely no way to find the perp, but a lot of the time, either the police are cowed into not really investigating too hard (when the perp turns out to be the son of a highish ranking government official, or wealthy business family, for example), or there is this kind of attempt to make things go away by paying-off the victims, police and anyone else necessary.
I would guess (but you never know) Huawei itself may have little involvement, other than providing the salary required to drive such an ostentatious vehicle, etc, in what is still a poor, developing (though thoroughly corrupt) nation (http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f135/gavinmac/15181532_346...)
[+] [-] ams6110|9 years ago|reply
[+] [-] ars|9 years ago|reply
Am I wrong in feeling that there is nothing wrong in making things go away by paying the victims? (Not the police though.)
Especially with accidents that are from negligence without mens rea.
[+] [-] PeterStuer|9 years ago|reply
[+] [-] hayksaakian|9 years ago|reply
i'm not too familiar with the details of either laws but maybe someone more knowledgable can chime in here
[+] [-] Ericson2314|9 years ago|reply
Also, I'm sure were this domestic that a returned-to-China Facebook would do the same thing.
[+] [-] chmod775|9 years ago|reply
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
[+] [-] ajeet_dhaliwal|9 years ago|reply
[+] [-] ncdr|9 years ago|reply
[+] [-] 50CNT|9 years ago|reply
A friend of mine was riding with a relatively well connected Chinese lady, when she pointed at a man on the side of the road and said: "I could hit that guy and get away with it, would probably cost me 100k". That a Huawei boss could get away with it in Cambodia doesn't come as much of a shock.
[+] [-] revelation|9 years ago|reply
"I was blinded by the sun" "He darted into the road"
[+] [-] nathan_f77|9 years ago|reply
[+] [-] jimjimjim|9 years ago|reply
my opinion on this story: some rich wanker tries to make problems go away with money and intimidation, not unusual. The worry is that there needs to be recognition and kudos for news sources that don't cave in.
[+] [-] unknown|9 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] ncdr|9 years ago|reply
[+] [-] tmptmp|9 years ago|reply
In US also the mainstream media mainly sold out to Saudi money, tends to suppress news critical of Islam and the pseudo-liberal practice of intimidating any critique of the oppressive ideology of Islam in the name of racism, islamophobia and what-not.
If not for the Internet and social media, the ex-Muslims' voice would not been suppressed by the corrupt mainstream media. [1] [2]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDIR3GhXszo [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/exmuslim/