Why Cambodia handed over a man accused of running scam operations

For years, Chen Zhi, a man accused of running scamming operations from Cambodia, appeared untouchable.

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Chen, 38, was naturalized as a Cambodian citizen in 2014 after he left his native China and paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to get citizenship. He became an adviser to Cambodia’s prime minister and was given the title of lord. Chen’s company, Prince Group, was hit with sanctions in October by the US and Britain, but the Cambodian government said only that it hoped these other countries had “sufficient proof.”