China Issues Warning of Cambodia Scams, Detention, as ‘Blood Slave’ Deported

The Chinese Embassy this week warned its nationals of violent incidents and recruitment traps by scam operations in Cambodia, and asked that citizens report and testify against fraud, kidnapping and illegal detention. In a statement posted online Wednesday in Chinese, the embassy said there had recently been an unusual string of incidents resulting in injuries for Chinese nationals in Cambodia.

Without detailing the incidents further, the statement warned against “recruitment traps,” in which scam operations entice Chinese citizens to be smuggled into Cambodia with false advertisements of high-paying jobs in human resources, sales or customer service. “Citizens must not believe in false advertisements of high-paying jobs. If citizens encounter fraud, kidnapping, illegal detention and such, please report to the police and the embassy immediately,” it said.

The statement stressed that scam operations and online gambling were illegal, and said “offenders will be punished.” Chinese law enforcement agencies would work with Cambodian authorities to “step up” against scam operations led by Chinese nationals, it said, offering leniency under the law for anyone willing to come forward with information.

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