Cambodia’s anti-cybercrime committee teamed up with the Ministry of Information today to take 75 journalists from 42 media outlets on a field tour down to Chrey Thum in Kandal province. Their destination was the infamous Jinwan compound. The scale of the place is hard to fathom: spread across 51 hectares, it packs in 55 high-rise buildings, 113 villas, and an eye-watering 4,707 rooms. Word on the ground has long connected the site to Chen Zhi, the head of Prince Group who was recently deported to China.
In truth, police had already stormed and busted the Jinwan site back on January 20. These days, the entire complex is completely frozen out—water, power, gas, and internet lines have all been chopped, and the whole perimeter remains under strict lockdown. The courts have issued arrest warrants for key figures Chhiv Yin-Oo and Jon Riskin, and an application for Interpol Red Notices is underway to track them down worldwide.
Cruising past on a motorbike on any ordinary day, with street food smoke drifting off roadside stalls, you'd never suspect a sprawling underworld was operating right behind those high walls. Today, the towers stand completely empty, the gates locked shut. Daily life outside goes on as usual, but the illicit machinery once hidden in the shadows has finally been yanked out by the roots.
