23 South Koreans Arrested in Phnom Penh on Suspicion of Telecom Scams

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23 South Koreans Arrested in Phnom Penh on Suspicion of Telecom Scams

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PHNOM PENH, Feb. 5 (FN) — Cambodian police on Friday raided a villa on the northwestern outskirts of Phnom Penh and arrested 23 South Koreans on the suspicion of their involvement in a telecom scam, local media reported.

"Twenty-three South Koreans were detained and more than 20 sets of desktop computers and other materials were seized as evidence," Lieutenant General Y Sokhy, director of the Interior Ministry's department for combating terrorism and transnational crimes, was quoted as saying by the Fresh News Service.


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Re: 23 South Koreans Arrested in Phnom Penh on Suspicion of Telecom Scams

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Nice improvised handcuffs.
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Re: 23 South Koreans Arrested in Phnom Penh on Suspicion of Telecom Scams

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More info on Cambodia Daily:
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti ... am-107657/

Seems the only evidence they have is increased VoIP activity.

Now, that actually is a bit scary...!
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Re: 23 South Koreans Arrested in Phnom Penh on Suspicion of Telecom Scams

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Gov has been tightly scrutinizing voip companies and clients over the last few months since the chinese fiasco. And they sure look guilty as fok in that last picture!
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