{"asset":"news","key":"6430","locale":"en","id":"news:6430:en","entityId":"news:6430","canonicalUrl":"https://www.kps-tv.com/en/news/detail/6430","state":"ready","title":"Five suspects from three countries reportedly remanded in Sihanoukville scam case","summary":"The reported detainees comprise one Lao woman, two Malaysian men and two Chinese men; another man allegedly linked to recruitment remains sought.","body":"According to the report, the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court of First Instance issued information on May 7 about an operation on April 25 at a rented house in the Ream area of Prey Nob district, concerning suspected organised online scams.\nThe report said five suspects were detained: one Lao woman, two Malaysian men and two Chinese men. Six all-in-one computers and twenty-two phones were seized. A judge reportedly ordered the five held in pretrial detention. Detention and the seized items do not amount to a finding of guilt.\nThe report also said authorities were still seeking a Chinese man identified in the original article as “赖才（LAI CAI）”, allegedly involved in unlawfully recruiting online-scam personnel at JC casino. The investigation was continuing.","contentScope":"full","proof":{"publishedSourceRevision":"1","publishedWorkingVersionId":"13934","languageVersionId":"8111","visibilityVersion":"2","versionToken":"a1.tL3F8UKUxPIZ4oiJnzkJps45HC_y0hzAFpD3eIw-Wog"},"availableLocales":["zh","en","km"],"attributes":{"sourceLocale":"zh","translationKind":"machine","nodeId":"183","authorText":"","sourceName":"KPS99TV"},"references":[],"links":[],"publishedAt":"2026-05-07T06:32:50Z"}