In Depth: As More Scammers Find Shelter in Cambodia, More Chinese Become Victims

In recent weeks, a case of a Chinese national who was kidnapped and forced to work as a “blood slave” by a gang of online scammers in Cambodia has shocked China.

In many media reports, Li Yayuanlun, identified as the victim in the case, had 350 milliliters (about three-quarter of a pint) of blood forcibly drawn from him seven times for over the six months he was held at the gang’s hideout in the Cambodian city of Sihanoukville.