Cambodians outraged by South Korean president’s ‘ruin you’ scam threat
Critics said Lee Jae Myung should have posted in Chinese, not Khmer, as his warning to foreign syndicates sparked anger across Cambodia
“If you dare to mess with South Koreans, it will ruin you and your family,” Lee wrote in Korean and Khmer. “Did it look like I was joking? South Korea will pursue this to the very end once we make such a promise.”
The message echoed Lee’s pledge in October last year to take action against syndicates behind the abductions, forced labour and deaths of Koreans in scam compounds, according to The Korea Herald.
His administration launched a “Korean Desk” in Cambodia last November, pairing seven Korean officers with 12 Cambodians to secure 136 arrests and rescue four abductees by the end of last month, the newspaper reported.
