### [2026-05-27](/feed/2026/05/27/index.md)

##### Scam centers in Cambodia
# A Cambodian court sentences six Chinese nationals to life imprisonment for kidnapping, torturing, and murdering a South Korean student linked to a transnational fraud network operating in Cambodia. 




### Sources:

1. [AFP via ''South China Morning Post](https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3355087/cambodia-jails-6-chinese-men-south-korean-students-torture-and-murder)
2. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/cambodia-sentences-six-murder-south-korean-student-linked-scam-centre-2026-05-27/)

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