As the sun sets, the rebels come out. Their favourite form of transport is the Scoopy motorbike. Their destination is Phnom Penh’s riverside branch of Pencil. On the face of it, this is an unlikely venue for youthful
insurrection. This nondescript, low - rise building in Cambodia’s capital was, until recently, a slightly shabby supermarket. But where the shelves of food and household goods once stood, the rag trade has taken over.
This is what the rebels have come for. You shall know them by the brevity of their skirts and the blondness of
their hair. Too much flesh? They arrive in force. Hundreds of motorbikes are already crammed into the narrow parking area in front of Pencil by 17:00, and a growing queue of others is starting to block the road. The four-wheeled drive cars dropping off the more well -to - do rebels exacerbate the congestion.
Read More in Cambodia Insight Website on Issue 9 Page 14.
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