The It production team visited the base of crimes targeting Koreans taking place in Cambodia.
On the night of the 16th, the specially scheduled SBS It (abbreviated It) special episode Cambodia crime city: 88 days of pursuit covered crimes targeting Koreans that have recently drawn social attention while crisscrossing various parts of Cambodia.
Victims, deceived by the words "high-paying part-time job," after arriving at the airport scattered across Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to border areas or port cities and other places. They were exposed to various criminal dangers such as fraud, kidnapping, human trafficking and assault while living in compounds called "wenchi" that resembled prisons.
A tipster who said he narrowly escaped added to the shock, saying, "According to embassy staff, 280 people were rescued last year." But he also confessed, "Embassy staff said they can't rescue you if you're inside the 'compound.'"
A tipster surnamed Seo, who said he barely escaped from the Cambodian port city Sihanoukville, led the It production team to the area around the "wenchi" compound. He looked around the local Chinatown and confessed the shock he felt at the time.
He began, "I had a 2 million won loan, and I came to Cambodia in mid-February because I was told I could make a lot of money doing translation work. An airport staff member was holding my name and even saw me off with a taxi driver."
But the situation changed upon arriving at the Sihanoukville hotel. Originally he had come to Cambodia while contacting a woman using the Telegram nickname 'Kkomi,' but the person who came to pick him up at the hotel was a Korean man. He suddenly took his passport and phone, demanded his bankbook and said, "Aren't I speaking nicely? I can't cut off fingers, but they told me to unlock the bank account," adding to the shock.
After, fearful, he gave them his bankbook and waited for an opportunity. With the help of local Koreans, he reached the embassy in Phnom Penh, a three-hour drive away. However, he turned back because the "Kkomi" group threatened his family in Korea, and later barely escaped again. Even more enraging, the organization that had still detained the tipster surnamed Seo was caught living in the "wenchi" compound.
Recently, crimes targeting Koreans in Cambodia have raised alarm. In this context, Hwang Hana, a third-generation chaebol with a drug conviction who was mentioned as the former fiancée of singer and actor Park Yoo-chun, and Seungri, a former member of Big Bang who was expelled from the entertainment industry over the Burning Sun gate, have both been spotted in Cambodia, drawing more attention.
[Photo] Source: SBS.
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