Following instructions from Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Sokha, immigration director-general Sok Veasna directed the relevant department to deport 57 Vietnamese nationals, including 15 women, on November 13. They were repatriated through a border checkpoint in Prey Veng province.
The deportees’ cases involved drug use, ‘happy balloons’ suspected of containing nitrous oxide, unlawful residence and work, including some online scam activities, and undocumented entry. Some had completed prison sentences for drug possession or use.
The individuals had been transferred to immigration authorities by the anti-drug department and police in Phnom Penh, Svay Rieng and Preah Sihanouk.
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