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Cambodia Sentences 6 Chinese Nationals to Life in Prison over Scam-Linked Killing of Korean Student
The court said the men tortured and killed a 22-year-old student tied to a scam center, deepening South Korea’s crackdown on transnational fraud rings.
- On Wednesday, The Kampot Provincial Court sentenced six Chinese men to life in prison for torturing and murdering a South Korean student involved in a scam operation.
- Park Min-ho was found dead in Kampot in August 2025 after being lured to Cambodia and forced to work in a scam center; an autopsy confirmed the 22-year-old died from blunt force trauma.
- Trafficked workers are recruited with false job offers and forced to run "romance" and cryptocurrency scams within compounds across Southeast Asia, generating billions of dollars from victims worldwide.
- Park's death sparked diplomatic pressure from South Korea on Prime Minister Hun Manet, prompting Cambodia to pass legislation and charge 1,458 individuals with crimes since January 2025.
- Treasury Department officials last month announced a "new theater of war" against Chinese transnational organized crime, sanctioning 28 people and companies accused of operating from Cambodia.
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Six Chinese nationals who tortured a South Korean university student to death in a Cambodian crime complex were sentenced to life imprisonment, the maximum penalty allowed by a local court. According to the Khmer Times and Phnom Penh Post on the 28th (local time), the Kampot Provincial Court in southern Cambodia...
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Cambodia sentences 6 Chinese nationals to life in prison over scam-linked killing of Korean student
Six Chinese nationals have been sentenced to life in prison by a Cambodian court for the murder of a South Korean student.
·New York, United States
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Cambodia sentences six for murder of Korean student
PHNOM PENH - A Cambodian court has convicted and sentenced six Chinese nationals to life in prison on charges they tortured and murdered a South Korean student involved with one of Cambodia’s notorious scam centres, a court spokesperson said on Wednesday.
·Bangkok, Thailand
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