Cambodia arrests 100 suspects over China telecoms fraud

12/03/2018

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In this March 29, 2017, photo provided by Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau, Taiwan CIB SWAT team members stand with 18 suspects arrested upon arrival at Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan, when they were deported from Indonesia over telecom fraud. A joint effort by Taiwanese and Indonesian police resulted in the arrest of the 18 Taiwan nationals who were involving in cybercrime in Jakarta, Indonesia. Gangs operating from bases as far flung as Cambodia and Kenya, taking advantage of closer global connections and falling technology costs, are a growing source of tension between Beijing and the self-ruled island of Taiwan

PHNOM PENH, March 12 (Reuters) – Cambodian police on Monday arrested 100 Chinese people suspected of running a telecoms scam to defraud victims in China, a senior official said.
China has been battling telecoms fraud for years, with the losses to victims running into billions of dollars, authorities in Beijing say. Hundreds of suspected scammers were arrested in Cambodia last year.
Monday’s arrests at a seven-story condominium in the capital of Phnom Penh included 81 Chinese men and 19 women, said General Uk Haiseila, chief of the Immigration Investigation Bureau.
Police video of the raid showed the suspects seated in front of laptops on rows of desks in a room with curtains drawn.
Cambodia, a staunch ally of China, has previously deported suspected scammers to China, even those holding Taiwan passports. Cambodia, like Beijing, does not recognize Taiwan as an independent nation.
Uk Haiseila did not say which countries’ passports the arrested individuals held, or if there were immediate plans to deport them.

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