Cambodia News (Svay Rieng): The immigration police arrested six Chinese men after receiving the information of their whereabouts from the local people, on May 4, 2021, in Brosoth village, Svay Teab district, Svay Rieng.

The police said the Chinese men are migrant workers, identified as Loun Khun, 18 years old, Tang Lang, 22 years old, Cheng Jintao, 18 years old, Tou Cheaoun, 18 years old, Fang Choungeu, 21 years old, and Jang Eucheng, 28 years old.



The police reported that the Chinese men had entered Cambodia looking for work. The Khmer taxi driver was driving the immigrants along national road 1, when he saw the police, so he dropped the Chinese men off on the roadside and drove away. The local people reported their presence to the police immediately.

The Chinese men were taken away to get Covid-19 tested and the first result was negative. The police are still searching for the taxi driver.

"Looking for work."

What kind of work do Chinese people cross illegally during a pandemic into Cambodia for? It especially seems strange with the economy in China doing so well right now and COVID apparently well under control.

techietraveller84 wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 1:40 am "Looking for work."

What kind of work do Chinese people cross illegally during a pandemic into Cambodia for? It especially seems strange with the economy in China doing so well right now and COVID apparently well under control.

Had they crossed the border at this time, or were they already in the country for some time? If they were here already, this lockdown has had an effect on many peoples work. Long before that too was the stop of the online gambling, there will be a few drifting from those good earnings.
It seems the reporting is low key for some reason.

AndyKK wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 2:52 am Had they crossed the border at this time, or were they already in the country for some time? If they were here already, this lockdown has had an effect on many peoples work. Long before that too was the stop of the online gambling, there will be a few drifting from those good earnings.
It seems the reporting is low key for some reason.

They've probably all got complicated stories. I wonder if the Chinese mission has been helpful in getting citizens back to China over the last 14 months.

update the crossed from Vietnam with no passports, yes you do wonder what so great , you don't here of Cambodians crossing into china for the great opportunities, young guys trying to get a start in life they can't get in china.

Six arrested after crossing into Cambodia illegally from Vietnam
Kim Sarom | Publication date 05 May 2021 | 17:36 ICT

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Six Chinese men who were smuggled in from Vietnam were arrested and sent to a quarantine centre in Svay Rieng province’s Svay Rieng town on the night of May 3. Police
Six Chinese men who were smuggled in from Vietnam were arrested and sent to a quarantine centre in Svay Rieng province’s Svay Rieng town on the night of May 3 after residents spotted them walking through Prasot 2 village in Svay Tiep district’s Kandieng Reay commune.

Svay Tiep district police chief Keo Sophorn on May 5 identified the Chinese men, aged 18 to 22, would be referred to the higher authorities for further action following the quarantine.

“After we arrested and interrogated them, we sent them to the quarantine centre in Svay Rieng town. As for further steps, I do not know what actions my superiors will decide on,” Sophorn said.

According to the villagers, at around 8pm on May 3 the residents of Kandieng Reay commune’s Prasot 2 village spotted the Chinese nationals walking through their village.

As the people were all well aware of the border closure orders and the Ministry of Health’s Covid-19 preventive measures, they reported their presence to the Kandieng Reay commune police.

The provincial immigration police were also called in to help deal with situation.

"They do not have passports with them, and because of the fear of infection with Covid-19 the authorities decided to take them to the quarantine centres now before taking further action," Sophorn said.

Sar Keo, director of the provincial immigration police office, declined to provide further details, saying only that further legal action would be taken.

"[Travelling] without passports ... is illegal, and so is crossing the border when it is closed. But I didn’t dare go near them for now, we need to wait until they have finished their quarantine period,” he said.

A police officer in Svay Teap district who asked not to be named said the Chinese nationals illegally crossed the border from Vietnam.

Citing the authority’s preliminary conclusions, he said it was believed that they took taxi from the Bavet international border towards the Svay Rieng provincial town, but due to the unfavourable situation and the driver’s fear of authorities guarding the border area, he dropped the Chinese men halfway.

Many chinese people in trouble are around.

1) ex online casino workers.
Highly paid, low education, got used to live large (4k+ usd / month) and now have no job. The salary was high as all forms of gambling related work is illegal for Chinese people even if they are abroad due to them targeting chinese mainland gamblers.

2) many businesses targeting chinese people have gone belly up. Hotels, restaurants and more. With them many employees lost jobs and some got into debt, when chinese get into debt give their passport to the person giving them the debt as it is difficult to get a new one at the embassy without going trough a lengthy interrogation process as the chinese officials here are looking to arrest all the online gambling guys.

3) lots of chinese have left myanmar during the protests in particular after the protesters burned a few Chinese factories and generally targeted the chinese people working closely to the army.
Some of them have come here.