A judge in Cambodia has sentenced 10 Chinese citizens to life in prison in a drug trafficking and money laundering case that involved 14 tons of chemical compounds and drugs, a Sihanoukville Provincial Court statement said. The defendants were also fined 100 million riel (about US$25,000) on Thursday by the court in Sihanoukville, a seaside town that has become a hotbed of criminal activity over the last decade. The sentencing stemmed from a series of drug raids in July 2022 in which Chinese were arrested and accused of setting up a factory to produce methamphetamine and other drugs from smuggled ingredients.
