That same story says 5,000 come in every day, but 6,000 leave,\u201d Ear added. \u201cDoesn’t that mean 1,000 net leave per day? I don’t know how they’re doing their math over at the Immigration Department, but that’s how I read it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So, Cambodia \u201chas gone from a net importer of Chinese nationals to now a net exporter of Chinese nationals,\u201d he said. \u201cCambodia is decreasing its stock of Chinese nationals overall by the tens of thousands, which is a real inflection point when you consider that up until recently, the country was building its stock of Chinese nationals, with more entering than leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Ath Bony told Radio Free Asia<\/em>, \u201cSo far, the numbers of those leaving and coming are mostly similar, with the departures slightly more than arrivals. While we don\u2019t know the exact reason for the Chinese leaving, it might be because of the ban on online gambling, which has forced those who relied on the gaming to return home or move to other countries.\u201d<\/p>\nIn total, there are approximately 250,000 Chinese nationals living in Cambodia, including around 100,000 in both Phnom Penh and Preah Sihanouk province, according to Cambodia\u2019s National Police, the news report said.<\/p>\n
Will Gambling Employees Return to Cambodia?<\/h2>\n
Longer-term, it is unclear what the future of online gaming will be in Cambodia. \u201cCambodia was basically used as a place to harbor shady characters who were extorting folks back home,\u201d Ear said. \u201cNow they’re scurrying out of Cambodia.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that \u201cCambodia has an image problem, with Chinese nationals running amok, and so the authorities can look like they’re finally doing something about it. Of course, whether this is really the end of it remains to be seen. It’s easy to buy a plane ticket out. It’s also easy to buy a plane ticket back in. This could just be a lay low and regroup period. The key is whether a year from now the situation in Cambodia will really be different.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Up to 120,000 Chinese nationals may have exited Cambodia during the two weeks following an Aug. 18 online gambling ban, with the exodus likely tied to the prohibition, Cambodian officials claim. But American experts question government assumptions. Bradley Murg, director of Global Development Studies at Seattle Pacific University, where he also teaches political science, told […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":114523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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