Thai victims of a "fake girlfriend" call centre scam were held captive and forgotten inside rented rooms in Cambodia for more than half a month by a Chinese group that were escaping a major Cambodian police crackdown.
On June 5, Col Bancha Charnchalad, deputy commander of the Burapha Task Force and Col Chainarong Kasi, commander of the Aranyaprathet Task Force, instructed the 1201st Ranger Company to intensify patrols to prevent illegal activities between checkpoints A.13 and A.14 at the Thai-Cambodian border in Ban Dong Ngo, Sa Kaeo Province.
