The Koh Kong court is questioning six suspects over the kidnapping and detention of a Malaysian woman, as local police said some foreign nationals and crime-linked operations were moving into the province as they “evacuate” from Sihanoukville.
Thousands of viewers have circulated a video online of a woman pleading in Khmer for rescue from forced labor at a Sihanoukville scam center.
Taiwanese prosecutors allege ransom and electric shocks at Cambodian compounds, Malaysian media report a holidayer allegedly kidnapped then sold into scam work, and a Vietnamese newspaper says 10 countries are pressing Cambodia to cooperate on human trafficking.
Fifty-nine Thais were removed from scam operations in Cambodia in simultaneous raids on two compounds this week — including 40 from the Kandal facility where Vietnamese nationals last month made a dramatic escape swimming across a river, Thai police said Friday.
Malaysian ambassador Eldeen Hasaini Mohd Hashim discussed the labor issues surrounding online gambling and scam work in Cambodia, the shifting nature of worker recruitment, and diplomatic approaches to addressing the issue amid ongoing citizen rescues.
A leader in a Malaysian political party estimated there are more than 300 of her country’s citizens still trapped inside online scam operations in Cambodia, as recently rescued Malaysian nationals began returning home.
Cross-examinations are complete in one of the country’s mass opposition trials, which is now set for closing arguments in early May, a defense lawyer said. Twelve Malaysian nationals were repatriated from Cambodia after being entrapped in forced-labor compounds and beaten and abused with electric shocks, according to media reports.
Sixteen Malaysian nationals were rescued from forced labor in Preah Sihanouk, as a political party said it knew of dozens more trapped in Cambodia.
A Malaysian political party has raised the alarm over human trafficking, physical abuse and forced labor in Cambodia, and brought entrapped victims’ parents to a press conference on Wednesday to plead for rescues, according to local media.
Hun Sen shot down an uncomfortable question at a press conference with the Malaysian prime minister. A Chinese industry body say they are concerned about crimes against Chinese nationals at the hands of scam operations.
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