Specialist officers from the Interior Ministry’s Criminal Police Department, working with Tboung Khmum provincial police, investigated and cracked a detention and US$50,000 extortion case on January 7, rescuing nine victims in total and arresting five Chinese suspects for legal proceedings.
The Criminal Police Department of the Interior Ministry’s National Police Commissariat said on January 10, 2026, that the operation followed a complaint from TANG QUNHUI, a 57-year-old Chinese woman. Her son YIN XING, a 34-year-old Chinese man, had been detained by unidentified people and subjected to a US$50,000 ransom demand on January 2.
The same source added that all the arrested suspects were Chinese and were apprehended in Trapeang Phlong Ti Muoy village, Trapeang Phlong commune, Ponhea Kraek district, Tboung Khmum province. The Criminal Police Department has handed the suspects over to Tboung Khmum provincial police to prepare a case file in accordance with legal procedures.
By: Nget Pisant
