10.16
·Developing
·Importance III
·Sources 1
According to a post by X user @jielijian citing an Al Jazeera report, secretly recorded evidence of the Chinese government and the Southeast Asia telecom fraud supply chain has been exposed. The report discloses details of Chinese Communist Party spies from Cambodia meeting in multiple locations in Guangzhou, points out that the Chinese government invested 350 million dollars in a military runway to supply the CCP military port in Djibouti, and mentions that female employees of CCP agents provided close, close-quarters protection to Xi Jinping's visiting delegation.
10.15
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·柬埔寨西哈努克市
On October 15, Cambodian media outlet CamboJA published an investigative report in which several construction workers at the "Peninsula Bay" project in Sihanoukville said their wages had been repeatedly delayed in recent months. One plasterer said that after August wages went unpaid, workers sat at the gate of the site and refused to start work before they finally got paid; China State Construction serves as the general contractor.
10.05
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Sihanoukville, Cambodia
From October 4 to 5, the gendarmerie of Sihanoukville Province, Cambodia, conducted consecutive raids on three suspected online fraud dens, arresting 31 Chinese and 16 Vietnamese nationals, and seizing more than 100 mobile phones, computers, passports and a small amount of drugs. The suspects and evidence have been handed over to the gendarmerie for investigation.
09.29
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·西哈努克市
On September 29, police in Sihanoukville, Cambodia's Sihanoukville Province, raided a villa in Village 2, Division 3 of Sihanoukville City, arresting 34 people suspected of online fraud, including 26 Chinese nationals, as well as 5 South Koreans, 1 Malaysian, and 2 Cambodians. The suspects and physical evidence were handed over to the provincial police department for handling.
09.25
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Cambodia
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet announced at an international anti-fraud conference that all large-scale telecom fraud parks identified within the country have been cleared, and warned that criminal organizations may break up into smaller, dispersed dens.
09.21
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·波罗勉省
On September 21, Cambodian authorities led the media on an on-site visit to Scam Compound No. 8 in Prey Veng Province. Covering an area of about 120 hectares and capable of holding up to 20,000 people, the compound features office buildings, surveillance equipment, and Chinese-language workplace slogans.
08.18
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·柬埔寨实居省
On August 18, 2026, about 2,000 workers at a factory in Kong Pisei District, Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia went on strike, accusing a Chinese supervisor of verbally abusing employees and punishing late workers by making them stand under the scorching sun, and demanding that he be replaced.
08.14
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Cambodia
US Deputy Secretary of War Colby met with Cambodian leader Hun Manet, where the two sides discussed restoring bilateral military exercises, while Pentagon officials visited the Ream Naval Base and pushed for warship visits to Cambodia.
08.09
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Cambodia
Wang Dawei is alleged to have traveled to Cambodia after being shut down in connection with gambling companies in the Philippines, where he served as a cryptocurrency supervisor for Wynn Group; the group is accused of involvement in human trafficking and 'pig-butchering' scams.
07.17
·Official claim
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Taiwan
Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Cambodian government has long failed to respond to Taiwan on an equal and reciprocal basis, and has repeatedly cooperated publicly with China in issuing statements that demean Taiwan's sovereignty and implicitly support the use of force for reunification.
2026.07
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
The Chinese side held a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, and the two sides continued to take the fight against telecom fraud, online gambling, and transnational crime as a topic of cooperation.
06.26
·Official claim
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
On June 26, 2026, Xi Jinping met in Beijing with Hun Sen, president of the Cambodian People's Party, expressing willingness to establish a security partnership with Cambodia and praising Cambodia's crackdown on telecom fraud to completely eradicate the scourge of telecom fraud.
06.17
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Beijing
The Ministry of Public Security announced that Liu Ren, a key backbone of the Chen Zhi criminal syndicate and president of the Anhui General Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia, has been escorted back to Beijing from Phnom Penh.
06.15
·Official claim
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·Cambodia
On June 15, 2026, the Cambodian government officially launched a trial visa-free policy for Chinese citizens traveling to Cambodia on ordinary passports, allowing stays of up to 14 days, with a pilot period of four months.
06.10
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·柬埔寨金边
Liu Ren, formerly president of the Cambodia Anhui Chamber of Commerce, has been formally handed over to Chinese police by Cambodian law enforcement and escorted back to China to stand trial on suspicion of multiple serious transnational crimes, including cross-border money laundering, telecom and online fraud, and illegal human trafficking.