Background
Jinhe Park is located on the outskirts of Poipet City, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia. Media reports and posts on various Telegram channels identify it as a scam site. It was subject to a police raid in 2025 in which dozens were detained, including Japanese nationals. It is located behind a row of shophouses facing National Road 5. The perimeter of the site is fenced and entry points blocked.
Incidents
Media reports by Nikkei Asia and Vice News in 2022 and 2023 identified the site as a location of scam operations. According to Nikkei, as of late 2022, the site contained over 300 individuals, mostly Thai and Vietnamese nationals.
In late May 2025, police raided the site and according to officials cited in media reports, around 50 people were detained, including 30 Japanese nationals (exact figures vary across reports).
A video report by Nippon Television News showed bars on windows, high fences topped with razor wire, and numerous security cameras inside and outside the perimeter fence.
According to police in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, the raid came after a 21-year-old man informed them about the site. He had applied for a job via a major employment site in December 2024 and was instructed to travel to Thailand. He was picked up and transported across the border to Poipet and placed under the supervision of ‘Chinese nationals’. According to the man, the site was a base for law enforcement impersonation scams targeting people in Japan, and movement was strictly controlled.
In August 2025, 80 Japanese police officers left for Cambodia to bring home 29 people subject to arrest warrants for attempted fraud. The following day they were placed on a chartered plane and arrested while en route back to Japan. Media reports indicate the 29 people were detained in the raid on Jinhe Park.
Several posts on Telegram channels describe the park as especially brutal, housing many Taiwanese and mainland Chinese who specialise in various types of scams, including law enforcement impersonation.
Which Actors and Companies Have Been Linked to Jinhe Park?
Posts on various Telegram channels indicate that the park is managed by Taiwanese nationals, but we are unable to confirm who owns or manages the property.
Location of Jinhe Park
Jinhe Park in the News
2025
21 Aug: Toshinari Takahashi & Yuka Kamagata, ‘29 Japanese Arrested Over Scam Calls From Cambodian Base’, Asahi Shimbun. Link.
30 May: ‘Cambodia Police Bust Suspected Base for Fraud against Japanese’, Asahi Shimbun. Link.
30 May: ‘30 Japanese Nationals Detained in Scam Center in Cambodia’, Nippon Television News Japan-English YouTube Channel. Link.
29 May: ‘Japan Says Nationals Detained in Cambodia in Joint Battle on Fraud’, Reuters. Link.
29 May: ‘About 30 Japanese Arrested in Cambodia for Alleged Involvement in Fraud’, News One YouTube Channel. Link.
29 May: Meas Molika, ‘Scam Centre Bust Prompts Calls for Authorities to Receive Enhanced Tech Training’, Kiri Post. Link.
28 May: ‘Around 30 “Japanese” Reportedly Detained in Cambodia over Scam Allegations’, NHK World. Link.
28 May: ‘ចាប់ខ្លួនជនជាតិជប៉ុនប្រមាណ៥០នាក់ក្នុងប្រតិបត្តិការបង្រ្កាបទីតាំងអនឡាញនៅប៉ោយប៉ែត [Approximately 50 Japanese Nationals Arrested in Online Crackdown Operation in Poipet]’, Mekong News. Link.
2023
5 April: Caleb Quinley, ‘“Hell All Over Again”: The Frontline of an Expanding Human Trafficking Crisis’, Vice News. Link.
2022
24 June: Jack Brook, ‘Threats Force Anti-Trafficking NGO Director Out of Cambodia’, Nikkei Asia. Link.
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