Cambodian police raid a scam operation office in Cambodia, Jan. 22. Courtesy of Korean government's Transnational Crime Task Force
A Cambodian court has sentenced six Chinese nationals to life in prison for the kidnapping, torture and murder of a 22-year-old Korean university student. The student was lured to Cambodia last year by a voice phishing scam network and later trafficked between multiple criminal organizations.
According to local media reports Thursday, the Kampot Provincial Court in southern Cambodia handed down life sentences to all six defendants convicted in the killing of Park, the student.
Since Cambodia does not have the death penalty, life imprisonment is the country's harshest punishment.
The trial began on May 6, and the court ruled that the six defendants were guilty of murder, unlawful detention, torture and organized fraud.
