64 South Koreans scam suspects repatriated from Cambodia, hundreds more still trapped

Sixty-four South Koreans who had been detained in Cambodia for alleged involvement in cyberscam operations returned home Saturday.

South Korea had sent a team to Cambodia on Wednesday to discuss cases of fake jobs and scam centres involved in kidnapping dozens of its nationals.

“A total of 64 nationals just arrived at Incheon International Airport on a chartered flight,” a police official said.

South Korean police officers walk at Techo International Airport near Phnom Penh on Friday night. Photo: EPA

Seoul had said around 60 South Koreans had been detained by authorities in Cambodia over the alleged crimes and vowed to bring them home.

National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac previously said the detained individuals included both “voluntary and involuntary participants” in scam operations.

Touch Sokhak, a spokesman for Cambodia’s interior ministry, said on Friday that the repatriation agreement was the “result of good cooperation in suppression of scams between the two countries”.

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Seoul previously said about 1,000 South Koreans were estimated to be among a total of around 200,000 people working in scam operations in Cambodia.

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