Australian volunteer charged with fraud in Cambodia

[geovalin]

An Australian Christian missionary is being held in a Cambodian prison, after being caught up in a legal dispute over a building project he managed as a volunteer. 49 years old Martin Chan was arrested in November on charges of fraud, and he’s been denied bail. His wife Deborah Kim says her husband is innocent.

 

Martin Chan was arrested and jailed in November as he and his wife Deborah Kim were boarding a flight to visit family in Hong Kong. Mr Chan is facing criminal charges related to a failed school project he managed as a volunteer for His International Services, a Christian non-profit company set up to facilitate the build. Money for the school ran out and the project folded in 2016.

 

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[Mick501]

Guess someone didn't take kindly to the recruitment of more rice christians.   

[jak2002003]

Good news.  I am sick of these foundations trying to wreck the local culture and native religion / beliefs, to convert them to Christianity... they are very insidious.... and con a lot of people into donating to their various charities through donations... the people thinking they are actually helping poor children or communities... when all they are really doing is funding a few selfish or deluded people to spread their religion, get themselves a nice car / house for free, and their visa paid for their cushy lives in a sunny foreign country.