Chinese Rescue Team Leader Under Police Investigation

A Chinese businessman central to the ongoing rescues of trafficked and enslaved scam workers in Sihanoukville and across the country is under police investigation, his team said. Rescuers have been fielding dozens of pleas for help every week from Chinese nationals who say they are being detained at work camps in Cambodia and forced to perpetrate online scams.

Thai, Bangladeshi, Taiwanese and other foreign nationals have also been rescued from such scam operations, though authorities and civil society have been largely silent on the alleged human rights abuses.

A brief statement from the Cambodia-China Charity Team, which comes under the umbrella of the China Commerce in Cambodia Association, said that Chen Baorong of the Cambodia-China Charity Team came under investigation by the Cambodian police around midday Friday.

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