Four Chinese nationals, including three casino managers, have been charged for the murder of two men shot dead in Sihanoukville late last month. The Cambodia National Love Party chose seven new people to replace senior leaders after recent turmoil.
The Indonesian foreign minister discussed scam operations that had trapped Indonesian nationals in a meeting with the head of Cambodia’s National Police, and also met with dozens of people rescued from a compound in Sihanoukville.
The Indonesian Embassy worked to rescue 62 nationals from captivity at Sihanoukville scam compounds over the weekend. Phnom Penh sees a slew of new district governors.
The Indonesian Embassy has called on Cambodian police to help rescue 53 nationals. A 17-year-old girl in Kratie was electrocuted from sleeping on a power strip.
Preah Sihanouk police are labeling as “defamatory” a complaint that sought the rescue of a group of workers confined in a Sihanoukville compound, even after officers responded and helped 10 people leave the job.
More than 1,000 constructions have been left unfinished in Preah Sihanouk province, said provincial officials. Sihanoukville, in particular, was in recent years the epicenter of a nationwide construction boom.
Eighty-nine Thais were removed from Cambodian scam compounds, Malaysia said it was working on the rescues of 60 nationals, and Vietnamese workers were brutally beaten in Cambodia, according to recent news reports from around the region.
The Chinese Embassy this week warned its nationals of violent incidents and recruitment traps and asked citizens to report such crimes.
Three Thai workers being transported from Kandal to Preah Sihanouk stole the car as their driver was outside urinating and tried to drive home to Thailand in order to escape from casino work where they were allegedly detained and unpaid, police said.
Five individuals are being questioned in the Preah Sihanouk court over arms dealing, while 21 Thai nationals were removed from Sihanoukville scam operations that used Tinder and Line to lure people to invest in fraudulent schemes, Cambodian and Thai authorities said.
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