Kampot: Cambodian authorities took journalists to see a scammers' center located in a casino, where documents in Thai, intended to deceive Thai victims, were found scattered around. Officials from the Cambodian Commission for Combating Online Scams took a group of journalists to see a scammer center located in the "My Casino" in Kampot province, near the Vietnamese border, stating that it was one of 190 centers that had been shut down by the authorities.

According to Thai News Agency, inside the center, which was filled with computers and desks, were scattered documents in Thai, teaching methods for scamming Thai victims. One room was staged to resemble an Indian police station, similar to the one in Oursamed, Oddar Meanchey province, that the Thai army showed to the media last week.

Regarding the criminals inside, Cambodian police claimed that Kampot province had a combined police and military force of only 1,300 personnel, and therefore were unable to apprehend the 6,000-7,000 scammers who fled during the raid.

Earlier the day, officials from the Secretariat revealed to the media that authorities had arrested 173 key criminals involved with scammer centers and deported a total of 11,000 workers from these centers since the crackdown began late last year. This followed the US filing charges of fraud and money laundering against Chinese-American businessman Chen Zhi, after which Cambodia arrested and deported him to China for prosecution.