Overview
- Singapore police confirmed the 20-year-old left Singapore on July 28 after her family found her passport missing and a flight booking to Phnom Penh in her email.
- Cambodian police located her and released a video in which she said she went to Cambodia by choice to work as an English teacher and denied being forced or involved in scams.
- The family reported that her WhatsApp and Telegram accounts were deleted, her phone was unreachable, and email records show transfers of hundreds of dollars to an unfamiliar online contact they had only known through gaming.
- Relatives lodged a police report in Singapore and asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and their MP for help while Singapore police sought Interpol and other international cooperation to verify her safety and location.
- The case has heightened concern about online luring and Cambodia’s documented problem with scam compounds, and it has left the family distraught while authorities follow up to confirm her account and rule out criminal exploitation.