He seemed shocked he believed he’d maintained a close enough relationship with local authorities to avoid searches. The company was about to be raided by police, their boss warned. Linh says she and her colleagues worked at a fraudulent investment app operating clandestinely in Bavet, a Cambodian gambling town on the Vietnam border.
He was hurrying around the workers’ living quarters, turning out hallway lights to make the building look vacant. On October 26, at 7 a.m., Linh Ne was abruptly woken in her dormitory by her boss.
