Agence France-Presse
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
PHNOM PENH—Cambodian police on Thursday arrested 166 Chinese nationals for allegedly extorting money from victims abroad using Internet phone services, an official said.
A Vietnamese woman was also held in a massive police operation, national police spokesman Kirt Chantharith told Agence France-Presse, with arrests in the capital Phnom Penh, the southern town of Sihanoukville and the eastern province of Svay Rieng.
“They used the Internet to extort money from people overseas,” said Chantharith, adding that the extortion gang had “many tricks” to blackmail their targets, without providing further details.
He said the crackdown followed complaints from numerous victims.
-----------------------------------------
Cambodia arrests 166 Chinese accused of extortion
Australia Network News
Cambodian police have arrested 166 Chinese nationals accused of extorting money from overseas victims using internet phone services.
A Vietnamese woman was also detained as part of a large police operation which resulted in arrests in the capital Phnom Penh and other parts of the country.
Police say the gang members used the internet to extort money from people overseas adding they had "many tricks" to blackmail their targets.
PHNOM PENH—Cambodian police on Thursday arrested 166 Chinese nationals for allegedly extorting money from victims abroad using Internet phone services, an official said.
A Vietnamese woman was also held in a massive police operation, national police spokesman Kirt Chantharith told Agence France-Presse, with arrests in the capital Phnom Penh, the southern town of Sihanoukville and the eastern province of Svay Rieng.
“They used the Internet to extort money from people overseas,” said Chantharith, adding that the extortion gang had “many tricks” to blackmail their targets, without providing further details.
He said the crackdown followed complaints from numerous victims.
-----------------------------------------
Cambodia arrests 166 Chinese accused of extortion
Australia Network News
Cambodian police have arrested 166 Chinese nationals accused of extorting money from overseas victims using internet phone services.
A Vietnamese woman was also detained as part of a large police operation which resulted in arrests in the capital Phnom Penh and other parts of the country.
Police say the gang members used the internet to extort money from people overseas adding they had "many tricks" to blackmail their targets.
2 comments:
Cambodian authority must keep an eyse on all foreigner came to cambodia...Don't allow this people use cambodia as their base to do illeaglly business....
correction=illegally business
Post a Comment