60 S.Koreans to return home after Cambodia detention

Cambodia will repatriate 60 South Koreans detained for alleged involvement in cyberscam operations early on Saturday, a Seoul official said, a day after Phnom Penh announced plans to deport them.

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“Around midnight tonight local time in Cambodia, or early tomorrow morning Korea time, a chartered flight is expected to depart Phnom Penh for Incheon, with final discussions underway with Cambodian authorities,” National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac told a press briefing.

“Since nearly all of them are classified as criminal suspects, they will be repatriated in accordance with appropriate legal procedures,” he said.

Touch Sokhak, a spokesman for Cambodia's interior ministry, told reporters on Friday that the repatriation agreement was the “result of good cooperation in suppression of scams between the two countries.”