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NEWS: Cambodia vows to maintain scam crackdown after Chen Zhi arrest

Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 27, 2025. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo

By Martin Petty and Devjyot Ghoshal

CAMBODIA’S arrest of alleged scam centre kingpin Chen Zhi and his extradition to China was “not the end” of the Southeast Asian nation’s battle to stamp out trans-border crimes, its foreign minister said.

Last week’s surprise arrest of Chinese-born Chen is a key step in an until now fragmented international campaign targeting sophisticated scam networks in Southeast Asia run by criminal gangs, swindling victims worldwide out of billions of dollars.

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