Nigerians in Cambodia

Two Nigerians, Onye Caefuna, 30, Pascal Awaski, 39, and Pascal's Cambodian girlfriend, Chhaen Davy, 35 were all arrested for allegedly cheating a man out of $20,000 to purchase a chemical that will allow them print fake US currency last year.

                           

According to San Sothy, a penal police officer with the Ministry of Interior’s Penal Department, the victim had met the 3 culprits via Facebook and they all agreed to do the money laundering business which involved the fake currency printing.

The victim was shown the machine that will be used for the printing, and was told to send $20,000 that will allow the purchase of the chemicals needed for the printing.

He sent the money, but was later unable to contact the two men after he had transferred the money. He later reported the case to the Ministry of Interior.

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Eight Nigerians have been sentenced to five to eight years by Cambodia's Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday for drug trafficking. 

                       

According to the presiding judge Khy Chhai, the eight men "were charged with illegally trafficking drug substances under the Article 40 of the Law on Drug Control," and will all be deported from the country after there jail time.

                        

A Cambodian woman who conspired with the men was sentenced to eight years too,and the men have been asked to pay 2,500 and 3,500 U.S. dollars as fines.

                     

All the drug traffickers were arrested in February 2015 during a police raid, and at the time of the arrest, the men had with them 0.8 kg of crystal methamphetamine and scales.

They have a month to appeal the court verdict

                

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A Nigerian man, Donald Millo has revealed the assault he got from the Cambodian immigration officers while trying to enter the country earlier this month. Donald shared a video of himself narrating his experience on his Facebook page, and our correspondent decided to talk to him for details.

According to Donald, he had travelled to Cambodia from Vietnam for few days to explore the country and get back to Vietnam to work. Donald, a software Engineer in Vietnam sounded bitter while he narrated the horrible experience he got from the Cambodian immigration officer at the border.

                          

He said he had picked up his visa in Vietnam, and as he arrived the country, he showed the visa and other relevant documents to the officers, they also asked for his return ticket to Vietnam, and he showed them. After some time, the officers said he won't be allowed into the country, and when he asked if there was a problem, the officers won't provide a reason, but just don't want him to enter into Cambodia.

As he tried questioning this action, the young man was assaulted by the officers who had surrounded him and with one voice, "we don't want you, we don't want Nigerians, you monkey". 

As other passengers try to talk to the immigration about this act, they were told to keep moving, and this is an official problem. 

Donald was not allowed to enter Cambodia and was sent on the next flight to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, even after buying a ticket to Noi Bai Airport, Hanoi.

Watch the video here:

              

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The immigration department in Cambodia has arrested 45 Nigerians who were staying in the country illegally. The police is meeting into letting some of the Nigerians that can get their visa and other relevant documents sorted out in a short period of time stay in Cambodia. They will also pay fines for staying illegally.

                   

The crackdown of illegal Nigerians in Cambodia also happened in 2009, when fifty-seven Nigerians were apprehended and detained from a local church in Tuol Svay Prey I commune in Chamkar Mon district, thirty were later released after they could verify their identity with relevant documents and other freed the next day.

                  

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The Immigration Department in Cambodia has recently arrested and detained 18 foreigners living in Cambodia. The Immigration department sets out on Monday to search and arrest foreigners staying in the country illegally. 

              

At the New world borey, the immigration police found 18 immigrants living and working in the country illegally, and they include 16 Nigerians, 1 Filipino and 1 Vietnamese. According to kohsantepheapdaily, the raid happened around 11:00am.

              

The 18 illegal immigrants have been sent to the  ministry of interior at the Immigration office for questioning.

              

              

 

Photo courtesy: kohsantepheapdaily

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