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Cambodia Deports 61 Scam Suspects Including Taiwanese to Beijing

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Cambodia Deports 61 Scam Suspects Including Taiwanese to Beijing

Beijing appreciates Cambodia’s adherence to the “One China Policy,” while Taipei strongly protests.

Cambodia Deports 61 Scam Suspects Including Taiwanese to Beijing
Credit: Screenshot of China News on Youtube

On October 28, the Cambodian authorities deported 61 internet scam suspects, including 19 Taiwanese, to China. The news has been widely broadcast in Chinese state media. The Chinese foreign ministry later expressed appreciation to Cambodia’s adherence to the “One China Policy,” while the Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council lodged a “solemn protest.”

Ouk Heisela, director of Cambodian Inspection and Procedure Department of Immigration, said that the 61 suspects, including 13 females, were arrested in Phnom Penh and in Preah Sihanouk province where they committed crimes involving extortion of money from Chinese people in China via internet or phone, according to Khmer Times, a Cambodian news outlet

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