CHINA-CAMBODIA: CAMBODIAN GOVERNOR WARNS OF INFLUX OF CHINESE MAFIA

In a three-page letter to the Interior Minister, Governor Yun Min warned that the Chinese influx had "created opportunities for Chinese mafia to come in and commit various crimes and kidnap Chinese investors, causing insecurity in the province". While acknowledging that Chinese investment had created jobs and pushed up real estate prices in the province, Yun Min also complained about drunk Chinese getting into fights in restaurants and about rising hotel prices as a result of Chinese interest in Sihanoukville. Interior Ministry spokesperson Khieu Sopheak said he had not yet seen the letter but said "We still keep our sovereignty; the Chinese can't control us. If they come as proper investors and respect our laws, it's fine." A Cambodian Foreign Ministry spokesman called such reports "baseless".







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