May 4, 2020
A Cambodian worker in South Korea faces deportation over quarantine violation

A Cambodian migrant worker will be deported to Cambodia after he defied the 14-day mandatory quarantine in South Korea amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cambodian Ambassador to South Korea Long Dimanche said yesterday a 28-year-old Cambodian worker violated the 14-day quarantine in South Korea after his recent return from Cambodia for the Khmer New Year.

“South Korean’s law is very strict,” Mr Dimanche said.

The labourer arrived in South Korea on April 23 and was expected to finish his quarantine on May 7, Mr Dimanche said, adding the man went through five days of quarantine but left the centre to go to the immigration police to report a document he lost when he was in Cambodia .

Upon his arrival at the immigration office, his name appeared through an app tracing system that he was under quarantine, Mr Dimanche said, noting the man should not have left the quarantine facility.
“He will be fined between $8,000 and $9,000. He will be sent back to Cambodia,” he said, adding South Korea’s immigration police will send the case to the court.

Mr Dimanche also called on all Cambodian migrant workers to stay put and not return to Cambodia amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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He should be deported for being stupid.