Cambodian authorities arrested 57 South Koreans and 29 Chinese at a Phnom Penh complex linked to an online scam operation. South Korean lawmakers visited the site amid investigations into illegal employment and confinement claims
South Koreans detained by Cambodian immigration authorities arrive at Incheon International Airport in South Korea. Pic/Getty Images
Cambodian police said on Thursday they arrested 57 South Korean nationals over alleged links to an online scam organisation in the Southeast Asian country.
The arrests happened on Wednesday as police raided a building on the outskirts of the capital, Phnom Penh. Police found 86 people working at the complex, including 57 South Koreans and 29 Chinese, according to a statement Thursday by Cambodia’s Secretariat of the Commission for Combating Online Scams.
A visiting group of South Korean lawmakers accompanied the raid. The delegation, led by Kim Seok-ki, arrived in Cambodia on Tuesday as part of an on-site parliamentary inspection into reports of alleged employment scams, illegal confinement and torture of South Korean nationals in Cambodia.
It is the second recent delegation from South Korea to visit Cambodia after a group last week led by Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina. Last week, Cambodia repatriated about 50 South Koreans.
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