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Indonesian Online Scammers in Cambodia

Monday, February 9, 2026

The Indonesian Embassy sheltered hundreds of Indonesians who had worked as online scam operators. The government claimed they were not victims of human trafficking.

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Officials of the Indonesian Embassy (KBRI) Phnom Penh together with a number of Indonesian citizens who are victims of online scam syndicates in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, January 19, 2026. Antara/HO–KBRI Phnom Penh. tempo : 177598517686.

FOR weeks, hundreds of Indonesian migrant workers have slept on straw mats inside an empty building in Khan Sen Sok, a district in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, about a 30-minute drive from the Indonesian Embassy. They were former online scam operators, anxiously awaiting their turn to return home.

One of them was Intan Berliana, 30. She entered the shelter—roughly the size of four badminton courts—on Saturday, January 24

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Oyuk Ivani Siagian

Hammam Izzuddin contributed to the writing of this report. 

This report was produced with support from the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) and Journalists Against Corruption (JAC).

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