Criminals in Southeast Asia are using inexpensive artificial intelligence tools to target bigger pools of potential victims at high speed, senior officials at Interpol say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/10/asia-pacific/crime-legal/ai-scam-centers-asia-victims/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #ai #fraud #southeastasia #myanmar #cambodia #organizedcrime #asia

As Thailand and Cambodia’'s century-old border conflict drags on, frontier villagers are losing their homes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/08/asia-pacific/politics/villages-cambodia-thailand-border/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia

A look inside an abandoned scam compound in Cambodia reveals the brutality and banality of fraud. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/07/asia-pacific/crime-legal/inside-abandoned-cambodia-scam-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #cambodia #gangs #fraud #romancescams

@thejapantimes Let's add some criticism of the Cambodian regime: " witnessed the murder of a man who had his throat cut by a compound manager after he was caught trying to escape" -- "police visited their compounds regularly, including to remove dead bodies, but without taking any action against the managers" -- "Many people died" -- "murder, rape and torture" -- "evidence pointing towards state complicity or deliberate inaction" -- "Cambodian authorities appear to be doing nothing to help"

That's what Amnesty International is writing:

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/01/cambodia-growing-humanitarian-crisis-as-escaped-scamming-compound-survivors-tell-of-murder-rape-and-torture/

I feel

e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t

towards the Cambodian Hun Sen/Hun Manet regime when I am seeing this.

#cambodia #scambodia #hunsen #contempt #hunmanet #murder #abduction #complicity #corruption #khmer #dictatorship #police #killing #crisis #humanitariancrisis #amnesty #amnestyinternational #scamcompound #concentrationcamp #deathcamp #slavery

Nationalist sentiment has surged ‍across Thailand following the worst fighting with Cambodia in decades, setting up a contentious Feb. 8 election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/28/asia-pacific/politics/thai-nationalist-cambodia-rural-voters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia

Hundreds of people have fled a suspected Cambodian cyberfraud center, after the country's most wanted alleged scam kingpin was arrested and deported to China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/asia-pacific/crime-legal/cambodia-fradsters-scam-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #cambodia #southeastasia

Cambodia’s arrest of alleged scam center kingpin Chen Zhi and his extradition to China was “not the end” of the Southeast Asian nation’s battle to stamp out transborder crimes, its foreign minister said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/14/asia-pacific/crime-legal/cambodia-crackdown-scam-mastermind/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #cambodia #forcedlabor #fraud #organizedcrime

this story about Benjamin Mauerberger, a south african #crypto bro and card carrying member of the chinese #mafia who made so much money via #pigbutchering and other crypto scams that he managed to co-opt a large part of #Thailand's government (to say nothing of #Cambodia and #Myanmar) is nuts.

if you’re wondering about the dark forces driving the current war between thailand and cambodia, this is one of those forces.

https://whalehunting.projectbrazen.com/americas-new-enemy-the-chinese-crypto-cartel-buying-states-to-fight-the-u-s-2/

#sapol #southafrica #whaleHunting #triads #organizedcrime #ChineseMafia #pigbutchering #ASEAN #scams #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #princeGroup #huione

China is moving against the cyberscam tycoons making fortunes in Southeast Asia, driven by mounting public pressure and Beijing’s desire to keep control of judicial processes, analysts say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/asia-pacific/crime-legal/china-southeast-asia-scam-crackdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #china #fraud #organizedcrime #myanmar #cambodia

Thailand’s army said Cambodia claimed that a fresh cross-border fire was an accident, after Bangkok accused Cambodian forces of violating a 10-day truce. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/06/asia-pacific/thailand-cambodia-border-strike-truce/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia

Thailand has accused Cambodia of violating a newly agreed ceasefire, reached after weeks of deadly border clashes, by flying more than 250 drones over its territory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/asia-pacific/politics/thai-army-cambodia-drones/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #borderclashes #drones #asean #us #china

Beijing says Thailand and Cambodia plan to rebuild mutual trust and gradually consolidate a ceasefire after weeks of border clashes, following talks in southwestern China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-cambodia-ceasefire-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #china #borderclashes #wangyi #donaldtrump #anwaribrahim #asean

Western strategic dissonance, U.N. cowardice, a gutted civil society and cynical Thai aggression are providing cover for a weakened Hun Sen https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/29/japan/the-world-is-failing-cambodia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #cambodia #thailand #defense #cambodiathailandrelations #hunsen #hunmanet #cpp

Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an "immediate" ceasefire on Saturday, the two countries said in a joint statement, pledging to end weeks of deadly border clashes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/27/asia-pacific/cambodia-thailand-ceasefire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #cambodia #thailand #asean

Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art returns three sculptures to Cambodia.

Researchers at the museum concluded that the three artefacts were removed from Cambodia during the civil war of the 1960s and 70s

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/23/smithsonians-national-museum-of-asian-art-returns-three-sculptures-to-cambodia #globalmuseum #museums #art #Cambodia

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to hold a meeting of defense officials aimed at resuming a months-old ceasefire, as fierce border fighting between them entered a third week with at least 80 people killed so far. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/23/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-cambodia-ceasefire-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #sihasakphuangketkeow #malaysia #borderclash

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are to meet in Malaysia with the aim of finding ways to help de-escalate ‌the situation and end the fighting between Thailand and Cambodia that has killed at least 40 people. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/22/asia-pacific/asean-thailand-cambodia-meet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #asean #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia #defense

China is dispatching a diplomat to Cambodia and Thailand as a new bout of violence between the two nations threatens to derail a ceasefire brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/18/asia-pacific/china-mediate-thailand-cambodia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #southeastasia #us #cambodia #thailand #donaldtrump

In 2025, Trump’s second-term policies, including aggressive U.S. tariffs, a trade war with China and inconsistent commitments to allies, disrupted economic and security trends that are expected to continue in 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/16/world/washington-transform-asia-in-2025-2026/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #us #china #asia #shinzoabe #vietnam #japan #australia #europe #thailand #xijinping #sanaetakaichi #taiwan #myanmar #cambodia