AMNESTY'S FINDINGS, UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND CAMBODIA'S SENIOR POLICE MEETING KNOWN CYBERSCAMMERS
If the Thai police are well-known for corruption , dodgy dealings and keeping highly questionable associates the Cambodian police are at a whole other level. And in particular when it comes to cyberscams. In June of 2026 Amnesty released a report highlighting the failure of the Cambodian authorities to deal with the cyberscam centre industry and the attendant and horrific human rights abuses - rape, murder, torture and human trafficking. That the cyberscam industry had found a willing home in Cambodia wasn't disputed by the Cambodian authorities. In July 2025 Prime Minister Hun Manet issued a 9-point order “for the campaign to crackdown on online scams” to security services and claimed over 250 centers had been shuttered. However Amnesty's found otherwise and their June 2026 report stated that their " latest research casts serious doubt on the effectiveness of the latest crackdown and raises concerns about the harm it may have caused to surviv...