64 South Koreans held in Cambodia return home under arrest

Sixty-four South Koreans who had been detained in Cambodia for alleged involvement in cyberscam operations returned home Saturday and were under arrest. South Korea had sent a team to Cambodia on Wednesday to discuss cases of fake jobs and scam centres involved in kidnapping dozens of its nationals.

  The repatriation follows a public outcry in South Korea over the torture and killing of a Korean college student in Cambodia this year, reportedly by a crime ring. The individuals were arrested on board the chartered flight shortly after boarding, the official said. South Korean and Vietnamese authorities are also conducting investigations after a Korean woman was found dead on October 8 near the Vietnam-Cambodia border, according to Seoul's foreign ministry.