Rainsy: 120,000 Enslaved by Chinese Mafia in Cambodia

[geovalin]

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Cambodia’s exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy has alleged that over 120,000 people are being held in slave-like conditions by Chinese criminal syndicates operating across Cambodia, with the complicity of powerful political figures.

 

In a Facebook post on Thursday (11 July), Rainsy cited a new 250-page Amnesty International report, based on 18 months of research and interviews with 58 survivors. The report describes victims—some as young as children—being trafficked from countries including Thailand, Vietnam, India and the Philippines, then detained in at least 53 prison-like buildings.

 

“These people were tortured with electric shocks, beaten, and threatened into forced labour,” said Rainsy, who is currently living in exile in France. He accused the so-called Chinese Mafia of running sprawling networks of casinos, property firms and sham businesses across Cambodia, particularly along the borders with Thailand and Vietnam.

 

According to Rainsy, the syndicates operate freely thanks to protection from the influential Hun political dynasty. “They carry out their criminal activities in Cambodia without any problem,” he wrote, claiming the ruling family has provided them with cover.

 

He also pointed to recent arrests of Chinese nationals—many holding Cambodian passports—in Singapore and Thailand, as proof of a larger, transnational scam and trafficking operation. These syndicates, Rainsy said, rake in billions annually from online fraud and exploitation.

 

Thai and Vietnamese authorities have recently stepped in to rescue trafficked nationals, sparking heightened tensions along the border. Rainsy alleged that Cambodia’s former prime minister Hun Sen responded sharply to these interventions, fearing disruption to the syndicates’ profits and political connections.

 

While Cambodian officials have yet to respond to the latest claims, the scale of the allegations—if verified—would represent one of the largest modern slavery operations in Southeast Asia. Rights groups and foreign governments are now under increasing pressure to investigate and act.

 

 

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[khunpeer]

On 7/12/2025 at 8:54 AM, geovalin said:

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Cambodia’s exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy has alleged that over 120,000 people are being held in slave-like conditions by Chinese criminal syndicates operating across Cambodia, with the complicity of powerful political figures.

 

In a Facebook post on Thursday (11 July), Rainsy cited a new 250-page Amnesty International report, based on 18 months of research and interviews with 58 survivors. The report describes victims—some as young as children—being trafficked from countries including Thailand, Vietnam, India and the Philippines, then detained in at least 53 prison-like buildings.

 

“These people were tortured with electric shocks, beaten, and threatened into forced labour,” said Rainsy, who is currently living in exile in France. He accused the so-called Chinese Mafia of running sprawling networks of casinos, property firms and sham businesses across Cambodia, particularly along the borders with Thailand and Vietnam.

 

According to Rainsy, the syndicates operate freely thanks to protection from the influential Hun political dynasty. “They carry out their criminal activities in Cambodia without any problem,” he wrote, claiming the ruling family has provided them with cover.

 

He also pointed to recent arrests of Chinese nationals—many holding Cambodian passports—in Singapore and Thailand, as proof of a larger, transnational scam and trafficking operation. These syndicates, Rainsy said, rake in billions annually from online fraud and exploitation.

 

Thai and Vietnamese authorities have recently stepped in to rescue trafficked nationals, sparking heightened tensions along the border. Rainsy alleged that Cambodia’s former prime minister Hun Sen responded sharply to these interventions, fearing disruption to the syndicates’ profits and political connections.

 

While Cambodian officials have yet to respond to the latest claims, the scale of the allegations—if verified—would represent one of the largest modern slavery operations in Southeast Asia. Rights groups and foreign governments are now under increasing pressure to investigate and act.

 

 

-2025-07-12

 

Hun Sen is the rotten apple...

[Caldera]

On 7/12/2025 at 8:54 AM, geovalin said:

Cambodia’s exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy has alleged that over 120,000 people are being held in slave-like conditions by Chinese criminal syndicates operating across Cambodia, with the complicity of powerful political figures.

 

I guess that number is as good as any he could pull out of his behind.