Burmese Rubber Cheque Writer Busted in Siem Reap

Siem Reap: The Bureau of Investigation and Procedure detained a foreign male at 21:00 on 13 July 2019 on fraud charges.

Okkar KYWE, a 29-year-old Myanmar national, working as a manager, for Adventure Cambodia, lives in Krous Village, Svay Dangkum, Siem Reap, Siem Reap Province.

On May 28, 2019, the suspect issued a US $ 1,500 cheque from California Unity Bank to the Royal Angkor Resort Hotel to pay for hotel room fees, but when the hotel took the cheque to the bank, they found there was no cash in the account.

The suspect has been charged by Siem Reap Provincial Court Prosecutor Born Vannaret, who sentenced him to a temporary detention at the provincial police station to prepare the case for the provincial court.

Source: General Department of Immigration