The citizens don’t care, as they don’t seem to care in many other places, including India. The Police do not care, or are too corrupt to intervene. There are thousands of them, child beggars, working the intersections and the sidewalks, in front of virtually all the tourist attractions.
Whenever in doubt, there is UNICEF in Phnom Penh, as well as many NGO’s: they will coach you on how to prevent your children from malnutrition so do exactly the opposite and you will never be poor.”
And when the children begin bringing home loads of money, prevent them from recovering.
“Make sure that the kids are suffering from malnutrition, that their bellies are swollen, hair unnaturally light-colored, and tears rolling down their cheeks. Do you know how one can turn a little child say 5 or 6 years old, into the most productive beggar? I did not know, but I was told by a mother who was pimping her own girls at night, while forcing them to beg during the day: