China-Cambodia Monitor

Tracking the development of commercial and diplomatic links between Cambodia and the People's Republic of China.

[China-Cambodia Monitor @ChinaCamMonitor]

Feasibility of light rail line connecting Phnom Penh to new airport & planned city subway presented by China Metro Group & Guangzhou Metro Group to Inter-Ministry Committee of Cambodia. https://t.co/FO05tsaj18

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

Workers at Chinese-owned Y&W Garment Co Ltd remain sceptical despite Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training’s promise to resolve the issue of missed wages and benefits after the factory owner ran away.
https://t.co/uqAm0rsDFm

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

CAMBODIA: Police report they are searching for killers of Chinese man at Sihanoukville scam compound, saying police know identities of suspects and some fled to Thailand, others hiding in Cambodia. No arrests made yet. 1/2 https://t.co/oOOwK4LJGX

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

CAMBODIA: @DanielleRose84 on recent raids in Sihanoukville. @benihofmann, deputy rep of @UNODC_SEAP: investigations show ‘increased level of concern’ from authorities, but efforts are not extensive enough to extinguish scam operations. 1/4 https://t.co/90KhMd5wPC

[Nikkei Asia @NikkeiAsia]

Plans for a $1.7 billion Chinese-funded canal in Cambodia are raising concerns that it would undermine Vietnam's regional leverage while further elevating Beijing's influence in the southern Mekong. https://t.co/vcmANvwQmw

[Chhengpor Aun  @aunchhengpor]

Thanks @jack_brook96 for quoting me in this @NikkeiAsia article -- alongside @aikunming, @MurrayHiebert1 & @khacgiang -- on Cambodia's China-funded Funan Techo canal project and its implications on environment and neighbourhood relations. https://t.co/yiyaq4vi4r

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

SINGAPORE: China-born Cambodian national Chen Qingyuan, 1 of 10 accused in S$3b anti-money laundering probe, handed 6 new charges. Charges incl. forgery, forgery for purpose of cheating & fraudulently using as genuine a forged electronic record. 1/2 https://t.co/ptKa9qR2Ow

[China-Cambodia Monitor @ChinaCamMonitor]

Following recent election result in Taiwan, Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cambodian People's Party restate commitment to One-China Policy.

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

CAMBODIA: Official docs obtained by Cambodia China Times show Nov 2022-Aug 2023, 641 people naturalized as Cambodian citizens, 381 (60%) from mainland China, 58 from Taiwan. 1/2 https://t.co/5wgNiGah1X

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

CAMBODIA/CHINA: Chief of Phnom Penh police meets Li Xiangming, Police Liaison Counselor of Chinese Embassy, to discuss law enforcement cooperation. https://t.co/1adJzg56nJ

[Cambodianess @TTNEnglish]

Canal Will Not Harm Mekong, PM tells Vietnam https://t.co/ct16lFm6kl

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

CHINA/CAMBODIA: 🇨🇳 Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets 🇰🇭 Foreign Minister. Wang: China ready to work with 🇰🇭 & other countries to crack down on online gambling & transnational crimes, thoroughly eradicate criminal gangs & safeguard social stability in region. https://t.co/zicmtC3awp

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

CAMBODIA: Responding to recent UK sanctions against companies/actors involved in online scams, 🇰🇭 interior ministry spokesman tells @cambojanews that authorities have taken legal action on those connected to online scam operations in Cambodia. 1/3 https://t.co/Jp6M15a1Q5

[Nikkei Asia @NikkeiAsia]

International pressure is intensifying on the cyberscam industry in Southeast Asia, with the U.K. sanctioning actors in Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos.
https://t.co/JPkfKzHG9T

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

ប្រតិបត្តិករកម្ពុជាដែលរងការចោទប្រកាន់ពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងការឆបោកត្រូវបានចក្រភពអង់គ្លេស អាមេរិក និងកាណាដាដាក់ទណ្ឌកម្ម | ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន https://t.co/wBWC4riBoc

[China-Cambodia Monitor @ChinaCamMonitor]

China Road & Bridge Corp (CRBC) conducting preliminary feasibility study of Phnom Penh-Siem Reap-Poipet Expressway Project, with plans to complete Phnom Penh-Siem Reap section in February and the Siem Reap-Poipet section in May 2024. https://t.co/JifXHh8bxT

[China-Cambodia Monitor @ChinaCamMonitor]

China Road & Bridge Corp (CRBC) conducting preliminary feasibility study of Phnom Penh-Siem Reap-Poipet Expressway Project, with plans to complete Phnom Penh-Siem Reap section in February and the Siem Reap-Poipet section in May 2024. https://t.co/JifXHh8Jnr

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

Alleged Sangke River Polluter, Chinese-owned Phoenix Operating Again in Battambang
https://t.co/byDHNHeUQU

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

SANCTIONS: UK, US & Canada take coordinated action targeting forced labour operations in Southeast Asia with sanctions against 9 individuals & 5 entities for involvement in trafficking people in 🇰🇭, 🇱🇦, & 🇲🇲 to work for online ‘scam farms’. 1/9 https://t.co/zoew2DnE8F

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

CAMBODIA/CHINA: Director of Immigration Dept meets Yang Chunlei, Vice Secretary of Political & Legal Affairs Commission of Communist Party of China. Meeting focused on strengthening law enforcement co-op to combat online gambling & cyber fraud. https://t.co/I7xnFmOUM7