Received 65 citizens involved in online fraud activities

On the afternoon of November 4, at Hoa Lu International Border Gate (Loc Thanh Commune, Dong Nai Province), Hoa Lu International Border Gate Border Guard Station, Dong Nai Province Border Guard organized the reception of 65 Vietnamese citizens returning home from Cambodian authorities.

Before the handover, the Vietnamese Consulate General in Battambang worked with Cambodian authorities and conducted interviews and verified initial information on 65 Vietnamese citizens being detained at the Siem Reap Provincial Detention Center (General Department of Immigration, Ministry of Interior of Cambodia).

At the reception, the authorities of the two countries signed and completed the procedures to return the 65 citizens; organized medical and health checks, verification and initial investigation.

According to records, most of the repatriated people said they were tricked into going to Cambodia to do "light work, high salary," but once in the neighboring country, they were immediately controlled by a group of people holding electric batons and guns and taken to a company that operates online fraud.

Among them, 64 citizens escaped from an online fraud facility in Banteay Meanchey province and 1 citizen was arrested for illegal residence in Oddar Meanchey province (Cambodia).

As a result of initial inspection, screening, and interviews, the authorities identified 65 citizens from 24 provinces and cities, with Ho Chi Minh City having the most cases with 9 people, followed by Hanoi with 6 people...

In particular, Mr. Vo Anh Hao (20 years old, residing in Tan Khai commune, Dong Nai province) accused the subject NVT (38 years old, also residing in Tan Khai commune) of having fraudulent activities, buying and selling people from Vietnam to Cambodia to work illegally. Therefore, the Vietnamese Consulate General in Battambang requested the Dong Nai Provincial Police to study and investigate the information of Mr. Hao's crime denunciation in accordance with the law.

Major Nguyen Duc Hung, Head of Hoa Lu International Border Guard Station, said that before receiving 65 citizens returning from Cambodia, the unit closely coordinated with relevant forces to verify personal information, look up immigration software, and screen subjects. Initially, the unit determined that there was a young man who was a wanted subject.

The station has completed the procedures to hand over this subject to the Investigation Police Agency, Hai Phong City Police to bring him back to the locality for further investigation and handling according to authority.

Also according to Major Hung, to prevent Vietnamese citizens from being lured to Cambodia to commit online fraud, the unit regularly organizes patrols and strictly controls border gates, entry and exit; coordinates with functional departments of the investigation agency, border gate and local authorities to mobilize and grasp the situation early and from afar to propagate and fight to prevent illegal entry and exit.

This is the second time the Dong Nai Border Guard force has received Vietnamese citizens involved in online fraud activities from Cambodia returning to the country through Hoa Lu International Border Gate.

Previously, Dong Nai province received 85 Vietnamese citizens returning home from Cambodian authorities. This group of people were detained by Cambodian authorities in Kratie province for "criminal activities and online fraud" during a general inspection, sweep and crackdown on online fraud activities of the neighboring country./.