Phnom Penh: On the night of May 3, 2026, Lieutenant General Sok Veasna, Director-General of Immigration, instructed the Department of Investigation and Enforcement to cooperate with the Chinese Embassy to continue deporting a total of 166 Chinese nationals involved in online scams and illegal residence and work. They were deported via special aircraft at the gate police station at Techo International Airport.
According to the Facebook page of the General Department of Immigration, the expulsion of the above foreigners is a strict implementation of the legal measures of His Excellency Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and the strong guidance of Deputy Prime Minister Sar Sokha, Minister of the Ministry of Interior, in the efforts to clean up and eliminate all cybercrimes that occur in the Kingdom of Cambodia to ensure the safety of citizens both in the region and around the world without exception.
Especially for the masterminds behind it, as well as rescuing victims who were tricked by the masterminds into working in any cybercrime and are now free and able to return to their countries.
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