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Last updated September 6, 2023
Created September 6, 2023
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Name Webpage capture on the news article of kidnapped, beaten and ransomed in post-crackdown Sihanoukville
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This webpage capture shows about before Ko found himself kidnapped, beaten and handcuffed to a bed in a Sihanoukville casino, with survival contingent on delivering his armed captors $120,000 in the next 12 days, the 53-year-old Taiwanese national had responded to a Facebook ad promising a “customer service” job last year, he recalled. After being sold multiple times over the past year, Ko had been freed in March only to quickly become entrapped again inside the newly licensed Xing Tian Di casino owned by well-connected businessman Rithy Raksmei’s K99 Group.

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  • English