Reuters
Date: February 16, 2018
By: Reuters Staff
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Authorities in Cambodia on Friday arrested 36 suspects from Cambodia, Taiwan and neighboring Thailand on suspicion of running a telecoms scam to defraud victims abroad, military police said.
Cambodia, a staunch ally of China, has deported hundreds of Chinese and Taiwanese nationals in recent years in a crackdown on internet and telecoms scams orchestrated from different places in Cambodia, including the capital, Phnom Penh.
China has been battling telecoms fraud for years, with the scams causing financial losses running into billions of dollars, authorities in Beijing say.
Friday’s arrests in Phnom Penh and in the resort city of Sihanoukville, a Chinese investment hub, reeled in suspects in some of the first scams to target neighboring Thailand, said national military police commander Sao Sokha. [FULL STORY]