Related Posts

Cambodia Defends Deportation of Alleged Chinese Scam Kingpin Chen Zhi

Cambodia publicly defended its decision to deport alleged cybercrime boss Chen Zhi to China, pushing back against questions over due process and sovereignty as scrutiny of the country’s sprawling scam-center economy intensifies. Officials said Chen’s expulsion was carried out on clear ...

U.S. Warship Makes First Call at Cambodia’s Chinese-Renovated Naval Base

By Suy Se A U.S. warship on Saturday made a port call at a Cambodian naval base for the first time since Chinese renovations that have raised concerns in Washington, AFP journalists saw. The United ...

Scam Compound Crackdowns in Cambodia Trigger Run on Embassies

Hundreds of Chinese and other nationals are flooding embassies in Cambodia following intensified crackdowns on scam centers. Escapees from the fraud hubs, which frequently run on trafficked labor, are gathering outside embassies in Phnom Penh to try to arrange repatriation. Similar crowds ...

China Tells Cambodia Scam Hub Disappearances Threaten Ties

China's embassy in Cambodia said on Saturday that a recent spate of disappearances of Chinese nationals into cyberfraud compounds poses a "serious obstacle" to the allies' ties. Ambassador Wang Wenbin urged Phnom Penh to strengthen a crackdown on the illicit industry ...

Cambodia Suspends Sales at Properties Owned by Accused Cyberscam Front

Cambodia has frozen sales of luxury properties by a U.S.-sanctioned conglomerate after its founder was extradited to China and charged by Washington for allegedly running multibillion-dollar transnational cyberscams. Prince Group founder and chairman Chen Zhi was extradited to China from Cambodia ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

The Fraying Story of the “West” and What’s Next

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech in Davos marked a new era in how the West talks about itself. One could say he was the first Global North leader to frame the rules-based international order (RIP) in Global South terms: 
“We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false, that the strongest would exempt themselves when convenient, that trade rules were enforced asymmetrically. And we knew ...

China Confirms Extradition of Accused Scam Boss Chen Zhi as Cambodia Liquidates His Bank

Accused scam boss Chen Zhi has been extradited to China from Cambodia, Beijing confirmed on Thursday, after he was indicted by the United States over alleged multibillion-dollar fraud. Video released by China's Ministry of Public Security on Thursday showed Chen in ...

Cambodia Liquidates Prince Bank With Scam Kingpin Chen Zhi Arrest Exposing Global Fraud Network

A Cambodian bank founded by accused scam boss Chen Zhi, who has been indicted by the United States over multibillion-dollar fraud and extradited to China, was ordered liquidated Thursday, Cambodia's central bank said. Prince Bank "has been placed under liquidation in ...

Accused Scam Boss Chen Zhi Arrested in Cambodia, Extradited to China: Phnom Penh

Chinese-born tycoon Chen Zhi, who was indicted by the United States on fraud and money-laundering charges for running a multibillion-dollar cyberscam network from Cambodia, has been arrested there and extradited to China, Phnom Penh said Wednesday. Chen allegedly directed operations of ...

Thailand-Cambodia Border Tensions Increase After Shooting

Thailand accused Cambodia of violating a ten-day truce, following the alleged firing of mortar rounds across the border. The incident left one Thai soldier injured. The Thai military later quoted Cambodian counterparts saying “the incident was caused by an operational ...

Cambodia, Thailand to Consolidate Ceasefire After China Talks

Cambodia and Thailand said they would focus on consolidating a ceasefire and restoring normal exchanges after talks in southwestern Yunnan on Sunday and Monday, according to a joint communiqué. China said it hosted senior Cambodian and Thai diplomats and military ...

China to Host Yunnan Talks After Cambodia-Thailand Ceasefire

China said it will host talks in Yunnan after Cambodia and Thailand agreed to an immediate ceasefire along their disputed border, stepping in as the two neighbors sought to halt weeks of fighting under a joint statement that took effect at noon local time on Saturday. ...

China Seeks Military Access in Southeast Asia, New Pentagon Report Says

China “seeks to establish sites as part of a global logistics and basing network” that would allow the People’s Liberation Army, China’s military, to “project and sustain military power at greater distances,” according to a new U.S. Pentagon report to Congress, published last Tuesday.
Page 1 of 101210