Nine Thais released from captivity in Phnom Penh house

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Wed Dec 06, 2017 4:25 pm

6 December 2017

PHNOM PENH - Seven men and two women, all of Thai nationality, were rescued from a house in Tuol Kork district, Phnom Penh, where they were being held captive.
The police raid on 5 December was instigated by information from the Thai authorities, following a request from the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh to the Cambodian Ministry of the Interior.
Two Taiwanese men and a Malaysian man have been detained by police and taken for questioning.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Wed Dec 06, 2017 9:31 pm

Phnom Penh:
On 5 December 2017 at :00 pm, eleven victims were rescued from kidnapping by three suspects in a house, #39, Street 594, Sangkat Beoung Kok 2, Khan Toul Kork.
The three suspected kidnappers were two Taiwanese and one Malaysian who were holding the nine Thai citizens and two Cambodian housemaids against their will.

The police seized an iPhone 6s, an iPhone 5, two Oppo phones, a Accer and a Flast laptop, an ID card of Young yer Liam, three ATM cards, some receipts, a notebook, seven Thai passports, a Malaysian passport, and a van with registration number Phnom Penh 2M-8418.

After the arrests, the house was locked down temporarily, and the suspects were transferred to Ministry of Interior.

Kuroneko · Post by **Kuroneko** » Wed Dec 06, 2017 9:46 pm

Way to go! Well done police!

Anchor Moy · Post by **Anchor Moy** » Wed Dec 06, 2017 10:34 pm

The police raid on 5 December was instigated by information from the Thai authorities, following a request from the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh to the Cambodian Ministry of the Interior.

Kuroneko wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2017 9:46 pm Way to go! Well done police!

Mostly thanks to Thai police info I think. But well done anyway.

Any ideas about what the setup could have been ? Kidnapping for ransom, or another fake work deal gone wrong ? Doesn't look like enough gear there for a VoIP business.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:06 am

AMUT PRAKAN: Nine Thais who say they were lured to Cambodia with a promise of well-paid jobs and then found themselves working at a call centre have been returned to Thailand after the place was raided by police.

Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpan, acting deputy chief of the Tourist Police Bureau, told a media briefing on Friday the nine said they went to Cambodia in November after being offered what they thought were good jobs. A broker had promised them work as phone operators in Cambodia with a promise of a 20,000 baht monthly salary.
Instead, when they arrived they were taken for training in what they realised was a call centre scam. They were taught the spiel to persuade people over the phone to send them money.

Realising they had been duped, they sought help via Facebook from the Thai embassy. The embassy alerted Cambodian police, who raided the gang on Thursday, Pol Maj Gen Surachet. said...
https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1375003/