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SCAM HOTSPOT The US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) designated Phnom Penh-based Huione Group a “primary money-laundering concern” last year, and prohibited US financial institutions from processing transactions with it.FinCEN said the conglomerate had received at least US$4 billion worth of illegal proceeds between August 2021 and January 2025. That included proceeds from scams, stolen funds and illicit cyber actors.Beijing has called Huione’s Li “a core member” of the criminal gang of Chen Zhi, another Chinese-born accused scam boss who was operating from Cambodia before being extradited to China this year.Cambodia has emerged as a hub for the transnational scam industry…
SEMARANG: A train hit a car in Grobogan, Indonesia on Friday (May 1), killing four…
JAKARTA: An Indonesian court has sentenced Gibran Huzaifah, co-founder and former chief executive of agritech…
Geopolitical factors are also at play, said Wang, with students from Europe and the US…
US$60 million in foreign assistance funding was committed to the Philippines in July 2025, a…
YANGON: Myanmar’s president on Thursday (Apr 30) ordered deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to…
How does this work in practice?A traveller in Singapore can now book a Singapore taxi…
BANGKOK: Thai authorities arrested a teenager at a Bangkok airport for allegedly smuggling 30 protected…
ENERGY DEPENDENCE A KEY WEAKNESSThe push for deeper integration comes as Asia faces a growing…
WEIGHING TREATMENT CHOICESFor 53-year-old IT engineer Sankari Roy, the shift could be significant.After being diagnosed…
Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been given a further one-sixth reduction…
JAKARTA: An Indonesian minister has apologised, after her proposal to move female-only carriages from the end…
“NOT A GOOD LOOK”At Kuta beach, a popular tourist spot regularly inundated with plastic debris…
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