00:00Cambodia's parliament has passed a landmark cybercrime law to target online scam operations in the country.
00:07Justice Minister Khedreb told a news briefing on Friday it aims to strengthen what he called the cleaning operation taking
00:14place across Cambodia
00:15and to ensure the scam centres do not return after the crackdown.
00:21This law is a strict law, like a fishing net.
00:25Strict to ensure we don't have online scams anymore in Cambodia.
00:29Strict in order to serve the interests of the Cambodian nation and people.
00:33As I said repeatedly, these online scams do not impact just on security, order, but they also spread to tourism,
00:40economy, investment fields.
00:42It has especially impacted the dignity and pride of Cambodians.
00:51Cambodia is among the countries accused of being hotbeds of cyber scams
00:55that are cheating international victims out of billions of dollars.
00:59It has drawn widespread condemnation from rights groups and sanctions and indictments by governments around the world.
01:05The Cambodian government long played down the existence of scam compounds, and previous crackdowns have done little to stop their
01:13spread.
01:13Officials say their latest campaign is broader in scope as they close hundreds of sites and detain senior figures.
01:20Under the new law, those convicted of committing online scams face two to five years in prison and fines of
01:27up to $125,000.
01:30Maximum punishments are doubled for those found guilty of scams conducted by gangs or against many victims.
01:36The law also sets out penalties for those convicted of money laundering, gathering victims' data, or recruiting scammers.
01:44Deportま violents.
01:44Deportemen kadvas.
01:45Deportem venus.
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