1. The Cambodian Ministry of Interior and the Korean side will establish a Task Force, similar to those Cambodia has formed with other countries, to expedite the work with greater effectiveness regarding cooperation in preventing, suppressing, and cracking down on online scamming. In this mechanism, Her Excellency Kim Jina promised that the Korean side will provide support for training, capacity building, information sharing, and exchange of experience with the specialized officials of the Cambodian Ministry of Interior.
2. The Korean side will prepare and provide a list of criminal targets, including the foreign masterminds of online scamming operations, to the Cambodian Ministry of Interior for Cambodia to review the legal aspects of placing them on a blacklist and banning them from entering the country. His Excellency Abhisantibindit Sar Sokha considered this provision a crucial core of the cooperation between the two sides, as well as within the international framework. Cambodia will prepare a blacklist of these criminals, prohibiting their entry into Cambodian territory, and will instruct authorities to be vigilant and immediately detain them at all border checkpoints.
3. His Excellency Abhisantibindit Sar Sokha and Her Excellency Kim Jina agreed to further increase educational and awareness-raising activities for their respective citizens about the dangers of online scamming, and to encourage other countries to actively and continuously work together on this matter.
During the meeting, His Excellency Abhisantibindit Sar Sokha, Deputy Prime Minister, regarded the visit of Her Excellency Kim Jina and her delegation to the Kingdom of Cambodia as a model activity that reflects realism in cooperative efforts to address a shared problem, because, in reality, the efforts to solve this online scamming issue are not just for the Korean or Cambodian people, but for humanity around the world as a whole. His Excellency Abhisantibindit confirmed that Cambodia has enforced the law on online scamming cases by detaining criminals and related individuals (mostly foreigners), sending them to court for sentencing, implementing deportation procedures, and repatriating them to their home countries on an ongoing basis. In particular, Cambodia has cooperated in providing information on the network of masterminds and money laundering operations in many cases to countries both within and outside the region. However, it is regrettable that some countries and international organizations disregard these results but instead try to put the blame on Cambodia, even though in reality the source of the problem is intertwined with their own authorities. In this context, His Excellency Abhisantibindit expressed hope that Her Excellency the Second Vice Minister will help provide the true information to the leaders, media, and people of Korea about the overall situation in Cambodia, based on what Her Excellency and her delegation have witnessed, understood, and received information on during this visit.
Her Excellency Kim Jina, Second Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, informed His Excellency Abhisantibindit, the Deputy Prime Minister, that it is true that the criminals involved in online scamming have an extensive network operating from everywhere, causing victims in almost every country, which necessitates bilateral or global cooperation to resolve the issue.
