South Korean police are seeking to arrest dozens of suspects who have been deported from Cambodia over alleged links to so-called “pig butchering” scams.

Seoul’s National Police Agency said on Monday it was seeking warrants for 58 of the 64 South Korean nationals who were repatriated from Cambodia over the weekend, after being held there over their suspected links to the scams.

One of the repatriated individuals has already been arrested, while five others have been released, officials said.

The repatriations, which saw the returned South Korean nationals escorted off their flight in handcuffs, have come amid a push by Seoul to tackle the issue of its nationals becoming involved in the scams.

The South Korean government believes about 1,000 of its citizens are working in Cambodian sc

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