NHK has learned Japanese police have obtained arrest warrants for 12 Japanese nationals in Cambodia on suspicion of fraud. The suspects are believed to have been working for a Japanese phone scam group, making fraudulent calls to potential victims in Japan.
The police have already sent investigators to Cambodia. They plan to arrest the 12 people next week after transferring them back to Japan.
The Japanese nationals were taken into protective custody by local authorities in the southeastern Cambodian city of Bavet in August.
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