South Korea curbs travel to Cambodia
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Cambodia urges a fair process as US and UK pursue Prince Group's Chen Zhi in a global scam case
Cambodia's government said Wednesday it hopes the U.S. and Britain have sufficient evidence in their pursuit of Prince Holding Group and its Chairman Chen Zhi, after both governments imposed coordinated sanctions accusing the Cambodian conglomerate of running massive online scams and using forced labor.
The South Korean government team arrived in Cambodia late on Wednesday and hopes to meet Prime Minister Hun Manet in their bid to keep South Koreans out of Cambodian scam centers, the Yonhap news agency reported.
In an indictment unsealed in federal court, U.S. prosecutors charge the founder of a Cambodian conglomerate in a massive cryptocurrency scam, bilking would-be investors out of billions of dollars.
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Are scams, other threats scaring away tourists from Cambodia?
Cambodia's reputation has taken a beating in the eyes of South Koreans amid growing concerns over online scams and the disappearance of hundreds of citizens who entered that country.