Seven Vietnamese Nationals Charged for Detaining Gamblers
The Cambodia Daily | 23 May 2017
Military police in Svay Rieng province
have arrested and charged seven Vietnamese nationals for illegally
detaining 13 gamblers who owed them money, according to a court official
and military police statement.
On
its website, the National Military Police says the group of lenders had
been operating inside a Bavet City casino illegally, and had contacted
the victims’ relatives to demand that they repay debts in return for the
victims’ freedom.
The suspects were arrested at about 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Piphup Thmei Casino in Bavet commune, the post says.
The
website lists the suspects as Trinh Minh Hiep, 23; Nguyen Bethao, 28;
Pham Ricthai, 31; Pham Nguyen Trung, 25; Nguyen Chau Vainghia, 24;
Nguyen Kong My, 54; and Canh Nguyen, 35.
Provincial
court spokesman Tep Phalla said the court had finished questioning the
suspects and charged them with illegal confinement on Friday. The
suspects were in provisional detention, he added.
Cases of illegal confinement of gamblers with debts are a recurring problem in Cambodia.
In
March, four Chinese nationals, including a casino owner, were arrested
for allegedly trying to recover about $1.22 million in unpaid gambling
debts by kidnapping and extorting three Chinese gamblers in Banteay
Meanchey province’s Poipet City.
Five Chinese
men accused of holding two bettors hostage for more than two months
while trying to force them to repay gambling loans were sentenced to 15
years in prison in November, while their ringleader received a 25-year
sentence in absentia.
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