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WED · 2026-05-27 · 17:15 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0527-79698
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NSR-2026-0527-79698News Report·EN·Legal & Judicial

Cambodia jails 6 Chinese men for South Korean student’s torture and murder

A Cambodian court has sentenced six Chinese men to life in prison for the murder of a South Korean student last year. The men were reportedly part of a crime ring linked to scam operations.

Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-05-27 · 17:15 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
Cambodia jails 6 Chinese men for South Korean student’s torture and murder
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A Cambodian court has sentenced six Chinese men to life in prison for the murder of a South Korean student last year. The men were reportedly part of a crime ring linked to scam operations. The student's torture and killing led to public outcry in South Korea, prompting the dispatch of a task force to Cambodia to collaborate on tackling transnational cyberscam networks. This industry has significantly grown in Cambodia recently, involving numerous foreign nationals in various fraudulent schemes, some willingly and others under duress from criminal organizations.

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Six Chinese men were sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a South Korean student.

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The murder sparked a public outcry in South Korea and led to a joint task force with Cambodia.

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The men were reportedly part of a scam-linked crime ring.

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The multibillion-dollar scam industry has ballooned in Cambodia, involving thousands of foreign nationals.

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A Cambodian court sentenced six Chinese men, reportedly from a scam-linked crime ring, to life in prison on Wednesday for the murder of a South Korean student last year.The torture and killing of the college student in Cambodia sparked a public outcry in South Korea, which dispatched a task force to the Southeast Asian nation in an effort to jointly tackle transnational cyberscam networks.The multibillion-dollar scam industry ballooned in Cambodia in recent years, with thousands of foreign nationals involved in romance and cryptocurrency investment cons – some willingly and others coerced by organised criminal groups, according to experts.
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