FILE – A Cambodian police man directs traffic as a convoy of police vehicles that was reportedly carrying Japanese citizens who were taken into custody on suspicion of running phone scams moves along a street on their way to Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on April 11, 2023. Twenty-five Japanese nationals suspected of involvement in an online scam operation based in Cambodia were deported to Japan on Wednesday, Nov. 8, said Gen. Khieu Sopheak, a spokesperson for Cambodia’s Interior Ministry.