3 foreigners – including 2 US citizens – reportedly ‘detained’ at company in Sihanoukville

Three foreigners, who were reportedly detained to work in a Chinese company in Sihanoukville, have been taken into custody by authorities. The news was confirmed on Saturday by General Khieu Sopheak, Secretary of State and spokesman for the Ministry of Interior. The three foreigners had contacted the hotline of Minister Sar Kheng’s team to seek assistance from authorities, reporting that they were being detained by a computer company in Sihanoukville.

The 3 have been named as:
Sath Chap, Male, 35 years old, Cambodian-American (over 2 year overstay on visa),
Daniel Wayne Scott , 43-year-old male, American (lost passport for 2 years)
Plasidia Retta Riama, female, 31 years old, Indonesian (lost passport for 2 years).

According to General Khieu Sopheak, after searching, the three people were found on on August 18, 2022, staying in their room in Sihanoukville with no outside locks or guards in front of the room.  However, the three of them asked for mediation to return to Phnom Penh. According to the testimony of Sath Chap to the authorities, he said that during August 2021, he entered Cambodia through the Phnom Penh International Airport to visit for tourism.

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