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Cyber-scam industry booms in plain sight in Cambodia
By Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times, Published on 29/08/2023
» PHNOM PHEN: Around the world, reports of cyber-scam schemes targeting unsuspecting victims online have proliferated rapidly. Southeast Asia has become a centre of gravity for those criminal syndicates, often in remote and war-torn corners. But in Cambodia, the scam industry has been flourishing well within the reach of officials.
Police to probe Vietnamese asylum-seeker disappearance
Reuters, Published on 08/02/2019
» Police will investigate the disappearance of a dissident Vietnamese journalist after a rights group said he may have been abducted from Bangkok where he applied for UN refugee status, a senior immigration official said on Thursday.
Investigation ordered into disappeared Vietnamese blogger in Bangkok
Online reporters and Reuters, Published on 08/02/2019
» BANGKOK: The Immigration Bureau promised on Thursday to investigate the disappearance of a dissident Vietnamese journalist believed to have been abducted at the northern Bangkok Future Park mall two weeks ago.
After Bangkok drama, Saudis address abuse of 'male guardianship'
Reuters, Published on 05/02/2019
» RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will study how its male guardianship system is being abused, Saudi media reported on Monday, after the flight of an 18-year-old woman to Thailand last month focused global attention on the issue.
Saudi asylum case prods reform of tough refugee policy
AFP, Published on 21/01/2019
» On a television set in a grim, overcrowded Bangkok detention centre refugees closely followed Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed al-Ms Qunun's quest for resettlement, as the 18-year-old asylum-seeker's case spurred hopes of a major policy turn from Thailand -- a country that does not recognise refugees.
Model claiming Trump secrets to be deported
AFP, Published on 15/01/2019
» A Belarusian model who claimed she had proof of Russian efforts to help Donald Trump win office was set to be deported after being convicted Tuesday nearly a year after her arrest in Thailand for participating in a "sex training course".
Saudi runaway greeted as 'brave new Canadian'
Associated Press, Published on 13/01/2019
» TORONTO: Tired but smiling, the 18-year-old Saudi runaway who said she feared death if deported back home arrived Saturday in Canada, which has offered her asylum in a case that attracted global attention after she mounted a social media campaign in Bangkok.
Saudi teen runaway leaves for Canada
AFP, Published on 12/01/2019
» OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Canada was taking in an 18-year-old Saudi asylum seeker who fled her family and harnessed the power of Twitter to stave off deportation from Thailand.
Police: Canada, Australia willing to accept Saudi woman
Agencies, Published on 11/01/2019
» Several countries including Canada and Australia are in talks with the UN refugee agency to accept a Saudi asylum seeker who fled alleged abuse from her family, police said Friday.
Topless protest in Sydney in support of Saudi runaway
Associated Press, Published on 10/01/2019
» SYDNEY: Four women held a topless protest in Sydney on Thursday to support runaway Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, as Australia began considering her bid for resettlement as a refugee.