Cambodian police and soldiers helped guard abusive scam compounds, Amnesty alleges

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Amnesty International alleges Cambodian police and military officers worked as guards at scam compounds where people were forced into online fraud. Survivors described beatings and electric shocks, and the report says officers and private security companies helped sustain conditions involving forced labour and sexual violence.

Survivors tell rights group that serving officers who worked as guards administered electric shocks and beatings Cambodian police and military officers worked as private security guards in scam compounds where thousands were forced to work in the online fraud industry, according to a report by Amnesty International. The global rights group alleged they worked for security companies as part of a system that enabled slavery and rape in the compounds, with some guards using electric batons to keep people trapped. Continue reading...