Cambodian scammer busts see over 600 arrested


Armed police inspect the location of an online scam compound in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet town, following a November 4 raid. - Kulen Daily News via PPP/ANN

PHNOM PENH: A total of 658 suspects, most of them foreigners, were arrested by Cambodian authorities in a major operation which targeted two suspected online scam operations in Bavet town, Svay Rieng province.

The November 4 raids were carried out by the Commission for Combating Technology- Related Online Scams under the Ministry of Interior, in cooperation with the national and provincial police, explained Touch Sokhak, interior ministry deputy spokesperson, on November 7.

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