Cambodia jails 6 Chinese men for South Korean student’s torture and murder

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A Cambodian court sentenced six Chinese men, linked to a transnational scam crime ring, to life imprisonment for the torture and murder of a South Korean student. The case prompted South Korea to send a task force to Cambodia to address the growing problem of international cyberscams. The scam industry has expanded significantly in Cambodia in recent years.

A Cambodian court sentenced six Chinese men, reportedly from a scam-linked crime ring, to life in prison on Wednesday for the murder of a South Korean student last year. The torture and killing of the college student in Cambodia sparked a public outcry in South Korea, which dispatched a task force to the Southeast Asian nation in an effort to jointly tackle transnational cyberscam networks. The multibillion-dollar scam industry ballooned in Cambodia in recent years, with thousands of foreign...