Dozens of Vietnamese casino workers allegedly forced to toil without pay in Cambodia have fled back to their homeland by swimming across a river, authorities in Phnom Penh said on Friday.
About 40 staff with the Golden Phoenix Entertainment Casino in Kandal province — which borders on Vietnam — fought off security guards to escape, leaving one missing after being swept away by the current, Vietnamese state media reported.
“These people might have been here working illegally,” Cambodian Interior Minister Sar Kheng told reporters.
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