CAMBODIA/CHINA: Director of Immigration Dept meets Yang Chunlei, Vice Secretary of Political & Legal Affairs Commission of Communist Party of China. Meeting focused on strengthening law enforcement co-op to combat online gambling & cyber fraud. facebook.com/GDIOfficial/po…

SANCTIONS: UK, US & Canada take coordinated action targeting forced labour operations in Southeast Asia with sanctions against 9 individuals & 5 entities for involvement in trafficking people in 🇰🇭, 🇱🇦, & 🇲🇲 to work for online ‘scam farms’. 1/9 gov.uk/government/new…

CHINA/CAMBODIA: 🇨🇳 Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets 🇰🇭 Foreign Minister. Wang: China ready to work with 🇰🇭 & other countries to crack down on online gambling & transnational crimes, thoroughly eradicate criminal gangs & safeguard social stability in region. english.news.cn/20231208/ccbf3…

CAMBODIA: Responding to recent UK sanctions against companies/actors involved in online scams, 🇰🇭 interior ministry spokesman tells CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) that authorities have taken legal action on those connected to online scam operations in Cambodia. 1/3 cambojanews.com/alleged-cambod…

International pressure is intensifying on the cyberscam industry in Southeast Asia, with the U.K. sanctioning actors in Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos. s.nikkei.com/3NtKYB9

Canal Will Not Harm Mekong, PM tells Vietnam cambodianess.com/article/canal-…

ប្រតិបត្តិករកម្ពុជាដែលរងការចោទប្រកាន់ពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងការឆបោកត្រូវបានចក្រភពអង់គ្លេស អាមេរិក និងកាណាដាដាក់ទណ្ឌកម្ម | ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន khmer.cambojanews.com/alleged-cambod…

Alleged Sangke River Polluter, Chinese-owned Phoenix Operating Again in Battambang cambojanews.com/alleged-sangke…

China Road & Bridge Corp (CRBC) conducting preliminary feasibility study of Phnom Penh-Siem Reap-Poipet Expressway Project, with plans to complete Phnom Penh-Siem Reap section in February and the Siem Reap-Poipet section in May 2024. akp.gov.kh/post/detail/29…

China Road & Bridge Corp (CRBC) conducting preliminary feasibility study of Phnom Penh-Siem Reap-Poipet Expressway Project, with plans to complete Phnom Penh-Siem Reap section in February and the Siem Reap-Poipet section in May 2024. akp.gov.kh/post/detail/29…

CAMBODIA/CHINA: Chief of Phnom Penh police meets Li Xiangming, Police Liaison Counselor of Chinese Embassy, to discuss law enforcement cooperation. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qLdI9Mowx5eN…

CAMBODIA: Official docs obtained by Cambodia China Times show Nov 2022-Aug 2023, 641 people naturalized as Cambodian citizens, 381 (60%) from mainland China, 58 from Taiwan. 1/2 cc-times.com/posts/23710

Following recent election result in Taiwan, Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cambodian People's Party restate commitment to One-China Policy.

SINGAPORE: China-born Cambodian national Chen Qingyuan, 1 of 10 accused in S$3b anti-money laundering probe, handed 6 new charges. Charges incl. forgery, forgery for purpose of cheating & fraudulently using as genuine a forged electronic record. 1/2 straitstimes.com/singapore/cour…

Thanks Jack Brook for quoting me in this Nikkei Asia article -- alongside Brian Eyler, Murray Hiebert & Nguyen Khac Giang -- on Cambodia's China-funded Funan Techo canal project and its implications on environment and neighbourhood relations. asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Asia…

Plans for a $1.7 billion Chinese-funded canal in Cambodia are raising concerns that it would undermine Vietnam's regional leverage while further elevating Beijing's influence in the southern Mekong. s.nikkei.com/3V9lSw9

Workers at Chinese-owned Y&W Garment Co Ltd remain sceptical despite Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training’s promise to resolve the issue of missed wages and benefits after the factory owner ran away. cambojanews.com/court-orders-s…

CAMBODIA: Police report they are searching for killers of Chinese man at Sihanoukville scam compound, saying police know identities of suspects and some fled to Thailand, others hiding in Cambodia. No arrests made yet. 1/2 cc-times.com/posts/24337

CAMBODIA: Danielle K-O on recent raids in Sihanoukville. Benedikt Hofmann, deputy rep of UNODC Southeast Asia-Pacific: investigations show ‘increased level of concern’ from authorities, but efforts are not extensive enough to extinguish scam operations. 1/4 scmp.com/week-asia/econ…

Feasibility of light rail line connecting Phnom Penh to new airport & planned city subway presented by China Metro Group & Guangzhou Metro Group to Inter-Ministry Committee of Cambodia. khmertimeskh.com/501457950/chin…