Bangkok, Feb. 24 -- Cambodian police have rescued more than foreigners, including 109 Thais, from a scam compound in Poipet city following stepped-up collaboration to combat scam gangs between Thailand and Cambodia.

The operation followed an urgent meeting between Pol Gen Thatchai Pitaneelaboot, the Royal Thai Police inspector-general, and Cambodian high-ranking police officers on February 21 to discuss operational plans to eradicate call centre scam gangs.

On February 22, Cambodian police raided a three-storey building in Banteay Meanchey province, opposite Sa Kaeo's Aranyaprathet district, eastern Thailand, on a tip-off that Chinese scammers were renting the building to operate online scams and gambling businesses. As the result, Camb...