The Thaiger
193 Thais deported from Cambodia, 18 wanted for scams
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Sa Kaeo immigration police received 193 Thais deported by Cambodia at the Ban Khlong Luek permanent border checkpoint in Aranyaprathet district on October 8. Cyber police later found that 18 of them have arrest warrants linked to call centre gangs.
Key facts
- Sa Kaeo immigration police received 193 Thais deported by Cambodia at the Ban Khlong Luek permanent border checkpoint in Aranyaprathet district on October 8
- The group had been detained during a Cambodian crackdown on transnational online scam networks and call centre gangs, before the Cambodian government sent them back to Thailand.
- Initial questioning by cyber police found 31 returnees with case IDs, including the 18 with arrest warrants
- Those 18 will go through legal proceedings and prosecution.
Summary
The group had been detained during a Cambodian crackdown on transnational online scam networks and call centre gangs, before the Cambodian government sent them back to Thailand.
Pol Col Rung Thongmon, chief of Sa Kaeo immigration police, said the handover followed the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), a screening process used to identify who was deceived or forced into scam work and who joined voluntarily.