Cambodia's national broadcaster TVK reported on May 17 that officers detained 104 foreign nationals during checks on the morning of May 16, 2026, at Buildings A and B of Prince Plaza, beside Norodom Boulevard in Tonle Bassac, Chamkar Mon district, Phnom Penh.
TVK said the operation involved cooperation between the anti-online scam task force and Phnom Penh's unified command, under the direction of Phnom Penh Governor Khuong Sreng and Deputy Commissioner-General of the National Police and Phnom Penh police chief Chuon Narin. Seng Heang, a deputy prosecutor of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court prosecution office, coordinated legal procedures.
Photograph from this site’s contemporaneous report on the Prince Plaza checks.
The 104 detainees represented six nationalities and included seven women. According to the report, 83 people were suspected of online scams, comprising 82 Chinese nationals and one Vietnamese national. Another 21 people, representing five nationalities, were linked to unlawful residence.
The report listed the seized materials as 77 desktop computers, 36 laptops, five iPads, four monitors, 800 mobile phones and six CPU towers.
Citing a preliminary technical examination, TVK reported that the suspects were alleged to have used the premises for online scams that sought to obtain money from people in Cambodia and abroad by encouraging them to invest. This account described preliminary investigative findings.
TVK said the suspects and seized materials had been transferred to the competent authorities for further legal procedures.
