Kampuchea News

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[Kampuchea News @KampucheaNews]

Today's signals: 264 headlines tracked. 89 English, 175 Khmer. https://t.co/Apk90J58VP

[J. Daniel Sims @jdanielsims]

This year's belated @StateDept #TIPReport offers a clear account of #Cambodia's 2026 "crackdown."

Closed compounds.✅ Persistent elite impunity.✅ Systemic abuse of survivors.✅ Fierce repression of independent reporting.✅ State sponsor of trafficking.✅
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[Kampuchea News @KampucheaNews]

The Kampuchea News feed is getting some fresh attention. If you haven't visited in a while, check out the expanded feed and some of the new beta features. https://t.co/Apk90J58VP

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

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[Nathan Paul Southern @NathanPSouthern]

After four years of screaming about the cyber slavery crisis to any editor, diplomat, official or international law enforcement agent that would listen, it’s incredible to see such extensive coverage on the crisis in SEA in both @BBCWorld and @TheEconomist.

However, it’s deeply depressing that after this time and publicity the situation is worsening. Not just in Southeast Asia but several other fragile regions.

Secondly it’s absolutely incredible how Cambodia and Laos have managed to play a truly impressive PR campaign to the point where the general discussion now mostly focusses on those compounds over the myanmar border.

No, Zhao Wei and the Golden Triangle Special Economic zone/Kings Romans, have not stopped. They have consolidated control and condensed active compounds to smaller areas. In Cambodia, the situation has, in no way, improved. It is worsening by the week. No serious compounds are shut down and remain so. No bosses have been arrested. The military , police and top levels of government not only provide protection but can actively run these criminal operations. It’s growing throughout the country. You hear about it less because some of the main groups orchestrating this fraud and slavery crisis have become incredibly litigious. Editors are not taking the risk to publish. They are winning. These criminal groups are even sponsoring European football teams.

We will be releasing a series of detailed reports on this. The evidence is astounding. We can’t let the triads PR teams run the narrative on this global crisis.

[DENGUE FEVER @DENGUEFEVER]

Have you heard? We’re coming to Thailand!

Can’t wait to see you at the Pelupo Festival on 15th March!

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[John Vink @vinkjohn]

Father François Ponchaud passed away today. He rang the bell about the Khmer Rouge exactions in his book ‘Cambodge Année Zéro’, published in 1977. I was privileged to photograph him working in his beloved Cambodia:
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[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

CAMBODIA: New report from @elliptic claims Huione Guarantee is the largest illicit online marketplace of all time - providing scammers with the tools they need to perpetrate pig butchering and other fraud against victims worldwide, on an industrial scale. 1/4

[The Diplomat @Diplomat_APAC]

Organized crime and online scamming operations have tainted the image of Chinese migrants, who have been a part of Cambodian society for centuries. https://t.co/QnY03mQwTe

[People's Map of Global China @GlobalChinaMap]

The latest issue of Global China Pulse is out! This one delves deep into the online scam industry, and the human trafficking and cyber slavery that accompanies it. As always, it is fully Open Access and free to download. https://t.co/MXwdQMbHPt

[Phoung Vantha @VanthaPhoung]

Environmental journalist in Cambodia shot and killed by suspected logger https://t.co/MKv2XR2l9n

[Noan Sereiboth​  @noansereiboth]

China has not approved any loans to Cambodia this year, Cambodian finance ministry data for the first three quarters of 2024 shows, even though it has been Cambodia's top creditor country in recent years. https://t.co/9wq5WwZlkd

[Danielle K-O @DanielleRose84]

An online journalist was fatally shot last week in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Even though you may never have read his reports, pay attention to these cases. It's always local language journos who suffer first. https://t.co/osW5brtDNH

[Marissa Carruthers @LittleMsChief]

Chhoeung Chheng, 63, has died from gunshot wounds inflicted by an illegal logger amid escalating threats to reporters covering environmental crimes in Cambodia
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[Kampuchea News @KampucheaNews]

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[Kampuchea News @KampucheaNews]

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications recently launched TranslateKH, a programme tailored to meet the specific needs of various sectors by providing more accurate and specialised translations compared to general tools like Google Translate.

[Sopheng Cheang @SophengCheang]

13 women convicted in Cambodia of acting as surrogates for foreign clients https://t.co/qPYdO9dWFg

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

The EU Parliament has passed a resolution urging Cambodia to end its crackdown on civil society, release political prisoners, and halt harassment of activists.
https://t.co/SPRRVW2rOD

[Sopheng Cheang @SophengCheang]

Thailand deports 6 Cambodian activists facing treason charges over critical Facebook comments https://t.co/bH8guikIJ8

[Sopheng Cheang @SophengCheang]

A prominent Cambodia environmentalist is arrested while investigating illegal logging https://t.co/ZchuXDaOAH