A Nigerian man, Shehu Bello Akharuku, 37 and his Cambodian wife, Kim Sreykouch, 24, were last week arrested and detained in Prey Sar prison, Cambodia on fraud charges, it has emerged.
The couple were allegedly at the request of US Embassy staff.
Information from the Phnom Penh Court reveals that on the morning of April 3, the couple were picked up following a complaint from the US Embassy in Cambodia. The police of the Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime Department of the Ministry of Interior after the arrest then delivered the Nigerian man and his Cambodian wife to appear before the court.
Mr. Koy Chao, the Phnom Penh court judge consequently issued a detention order for the two suspects to be held at Prey Sar prison on charges of fraud.
