Stung Treng city authorities are investigating a couple who allegedly scammed tens of thousands of dollars from around 100 families by claiming to be relatives of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s wife Bun Rany and his adviser Seng Tieng.
Immigration officials treated foreign businesses softly as “investors” even when they blocked labor inspections — before a series of raids confirmed hundreds of human trafficking cases across the country, the Interior Ministry said.
The interior minister warned provincial authorities against colluding with organized crime as he revealed he had received a peak of 10 human-trafficking complaints daily in August before scam crimes spread across the country.
Chen Baorong, a Chinese businessperson who was at the forefront to rescue hundreds of workers from online scam operations in Cambodia, was released from Preah Sihanouk prison on Monday.
The Taiwanese government is still seeking the return of nearly 300 more people, a government-controlled news agency said this week. A record number of journalists are currently detained worldwide, per a new press freedom report.
The anti-cybercrime police said it was investigating complaints of fraud against a football-themed investment that allegedly lured people to send money before cutting off their withdrawals, and urged caution around online investments.
Two Taiwanese nationals were arrested following gunshots at a Sihanoukville compound, as a village chief named the premises as part of the “Lixin” group chaired by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s nephew Hun To.
Interior Minister Sar Kheng acknowledged the buying and selling of foreign workers, plus violence and forced labor, at Cambodian compounds after police responded to 600 calls for help across at least 10 provinces.
Kampong Chhnang authorities said the shutdown of a local volleyball court over alleged gambling on games was part of a crackdown on scam operations ordered by Hun Sen.
Authorities have rescued 75 foreign nationals from a border town in Oddar Meanchey province following raids against online scam operations in Sihanoukville, Phnom Penh and elsewhere — though a local police official argued the work being done with forced labor was “normal.”
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