Phnom Penh, Cambodia News: American fugitive Jan Sterling Hagen has been arrested outside the American Embassy on Street 96 for "international crimes," which presumably happened in the US. Jan Sterling Hagen is 27 years old, born on August 20, 1990.

Cambodian authorities worked with the FBI to issue a warrant for his arrest and help capture him. Based on the Cambodia police write, it appears Jan Hagen is wanted for a string of high profile crimes, but it is not clear where his crimes took place or what the charges are.

Mr Hagen is being detained by the Immigration Department and it seems certain he will quickly be deported. Cambodia continues to be a place where international criminals hide from prosecution of the law, but they also seem to be arrested more often these days as well.

FYI, this case has a lot of confusing details and also missing a bunch of details, so I think the story is probably NOT 100% accurate at the moment until we get more details.

Here's Google Translate:

"An American was involved in a series of high-profile rape cases where police were detained

America is a diverse police force immigration custody cases involving serious cross-border crime. Detained The United States was held on the afternoon of March 13, 2018.

Lt. Col. Chea Chetra, Chief of Police and Investigations Procedure, said that, with the permission of the Deputy Chief of Police, Migration of the Phnom Penh Police Commissariat, the Office of Investigation and Procedure has cooperated with the Department of Investigation and Implementation of the General Department of Immigration and Population. Immigrants and local police force in Daun Penh, coordinating the legal action by applying a warrant by Mr. Sieng Sok, deputy prosecutor of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court prosecutor, Leung Hai, a US Greffier, checks and detains along Street 96 in front of the embassy. RK.

The Jan Sterling Hagen, born on August 20, 1990, holds the passport number XXXXXXXXX Heavy transnational crime has been hiding in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Suspect has now been detained and sent to the General Department of Immigration to apply. Procedures continue Law."

The Phnom Penh Post just wrote and article on it, but don't tell us anything we didn't already know, except confirm that the crimes he's been arrested for happened in the US and that the US government asked for him to be arrested.

I'm glad they're getting more transparent with this whole "extradition" thing:

An American citizen was arrested on request by the US Embassy in Phnom Penh on Tuesday, according to Cambodian police.

Major General Uk Hei Sela, chief of investigations at the Department of Immigration, identified the man as American Jan Sterling Hagen, and said he was arrested by municipal police for a “serious crime” committed in the US and transferred to the Immigration Department. Hei Sela did not know the exact nature of the crimes committed.

“They knew he was in Cambodia, so they requested us to arrest him, and he was arrested [on Tuesday]. [On Wednesday], the US Embassy will come to meet him, then they will buy a plane ticket and deport him back to the US,” Hei Sela said.