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A man uses Telegram on his smart phone, November 2, 2026. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Cambodia Urges Telegram Users to Update Android Apps Over Account-Hacking Risk

2 Nov 2026 8:19 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

The Anti-Cyber Crime Department of the Ministry of Interior on Sunday urged Telegram users on Android to update their app immediately after experts identified a vulnerability that could allow hackers to take control of accounts through voice calls.

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Cambodia Urges Telegram Users to Update Android Apps Over Account-Hacking Risk

2 Nov 2026 8:19 PM|

Four foreign women detained after the discovery of an illegal surrogacy operation. The image was posted by the Phnom Penh Municipal Police Headquarters on October 28, 2026.

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Rights Advocates Call for Law to Regulate Surrogacy in Cambodia

31 Oct 2026 11:29 AM|

Rights advocates are urging the government to accelerate the adoption of legislation regulating surrogacy and strengthen law enforcement to prevent illegal surrogacy which exploits women and causes adverse impacts on…

Cheat Mony, far left, identified by Al Jazeera as a member of the national police bodyguard unit, and Deng Pibing, center, meet with Senate President Hun Sen, in a still from an Al Jazeera documentary posted Oct. 10.

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Authorities to Review Police Bodyguard Who Called Alleged Scam Boss ‘Big Brother’

15 Oct 2026 1:11 PM|

The Interior Ministry said Wednesday it will look into a woman identified as a member of the national police bodyguard unit after she appeared in an Al Jazeera documentary in…

A view inside the “8 Park” scam compound in Prey Veng province during a media tour organized by Cambodian authorities, Sept. 21, 2026. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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US Gives Cambodia Worst Trafficking Rating, Says Scam Center Traffickers Escape Prosecution

9 Oct 2026 4:53 PM|

Cambodia remained on the lowest Tier 3 ranking in the U.S. State Department’s human trafficking report released Friday, which found the government had failed to meet minimum standards for eliminating…

National Police and Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities raid a 30-story building in Poipet city and arrest nearly 600 people for alleged online game betting on October 4, 2026. (National Police)

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Nearly 600 Foreigners Nabbed for Alleged Game-Betting, Not Online Scam As Initially Thought

5 Oct 2026 4:22 PM|

An Interior Ministry official has said that nearly 600 foreigners were arrested by police during a raid on a 30-story building in Poipet city for alleged game betting, initially described…

Prime Minister Hun Manet and his delegation arrive at the International Conference on Combating Online Scams in Phnom Penh, Sept. 23, 2026. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Hun Manet Invokes ‘Hard Truths’ as Anti-Scam Conference Opens

23 Sep 2026 3:06 PM|

Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Wednesday that fighting transnational crime requires "acknowledging systemic vulnerabilities," as Cambodia opened a global anti-scam conference to showcase its crackdown on a multibillion-dollar industry…

Desks and computers sit inside a casino complex in Kampot province that authorities said was used for online scams operations before it was raided. Feb. 10, 2026. (CamboJA/Soveit Yarn)

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Cambodia’s Scam Compounds Disrupted, but System Behind Them Remains, Report Says

17 Sep 2026 3:57 PM|

A new report by a prominent U.S. crime expert argues that despite a Cambodian government crackdown that emptied out most industrial fraud compounds in the country, authorities have not addressed…

Authorities burn more than five tons of drugs seized from various operations and during International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Ponhealeu district Kandal province, July 21, 2026. (CamboJA/ Pring Samraing)

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Sar Sokha: ‘Monitor Drug Dealers Like How You Monitor Activists’

8 Sep 2026 7:54 PM|

Interior Minister Sar Sokha issued a directive to sub-national authorities to establish a “secret” monitoring system on drug-related criminals and to crack down on the activities using the same approach…

Cambodia Urges Telegram Users to Update Android Apps Over Account-Hacking Risk

Cambodia Urges Telegram Users to Update Android Apps Over Account-Hacking Risk

Rights Advocates Call for Law to Regulate Surrogacy in Cambodia

Authorities to Review Police Bodyguard Who Called Alleged Scam Boss ‘Big Brother’

US Gives Cambodia Worst Trafficking Rating, Says Scam Center Traffickers Escape Prosecution

Nearly 600 Foreigners Nabbed for Alleged Game-Betting, Not Online Scam As Initially Thought

Hun Manet Invokes ‘Hard Truths’ as Anti-Scam Conference Opens

Cambodia’s Scam Compounds Disrupted, but System Behind Them Remains, Report Says

Sar Sokha: ‘Monitor Drug Dealers Like How You Monitor Activists’

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