Two Vietnamese men are languishing in Prey Sar Prison, after they were swept up in an October 14 raid on a Phnom Penh scam centre.
Thon Darith, Investigating Judge of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, issued an October 21 order which saw the two men transferred to Correctional Center 1 (Prey Sar), as they await trial.
The two defendants were identified as Pham Van Tiep, 34, and Trinh Xuan Luc, 34.
They were among six Vietnamese men arrested by authorities during the raid on a suspected online fraud operation, in Doeum Makloeu village, in Chbar Ampov I commune and district.
According to the detention order, the two have been charged with involvement in organised fraud, punishable under Articles 377 and 380 of the Criminal Code, and other offenses, including operating gambling establishments, managing gambling, and being gambling organisers and agents, punishable under Article 5 of the Law on the Suppression of Illegal Gambling.
Additionally, they are accused of illegally entering the Kingdom of Cambodia, punishable under Article 29 of the Immigration Law.
According to the Secretariat of the Committee for Combating Technology Crimes (CCTC), as part of the current campaign to crack down on technology-enabled fraud, from June 27 to October 21, authorities sent 77 suspected ringleaders and their accomplices to court.
