KUALA LUMPUR: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet agreed on Monday to establish a joint task force between the two nations' law enforcement agencies to investigate online scams and other crimes targeting Koreans, Lee's office said.
The agreement was reached during their summit on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathering in Kuala Lumpur, following the death of a Korean college student in Cambodia that fueled public outrage in South Korea.
"The two leaders agreed to operate a Cambodia-based task force dedicated to crimes targeting Korean nationals starting in November, " presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung told reporters, Yonhap News Agency reported. "The size of the Korean police contingent and the task force's operational plan will be finalised as soon as possible."