Two Taiwanese YouTubers were last night arrested upon arrival at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport after being deported from Cambodia, where they had served two-years in prison for staging a fake abduction in Sihanoukville in 2024.
Taiwanese authorities arrested Chen Neng-chuan (陳能釧) and Lu Tsu-hsien (魯祖顯) — known by the handles "Goodnight Chicken" (晚安小雞) and "Anow" (阿鬧), respectively — at the arrival gate on outstanding warrants.
They are wanted by prosecutors in Taipei's Shilin District (士林), as well as Kinmen County and Miaoli County, for crimes including property damage, obstruction of freedom and fraud. Chen and Lu are to be questioned by prosecutors in those areas.
Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times
Escorted by law enforcement officers at the airport, Chen spoke briefly, apologizing for wasting Taiwan's resources and saying that he regretted making the fake videos.
Sihanoukville, a coastal city in southwestern Cambodia, has gained notoriety for harboring numerous scam compounds that lure people, including some from Taiwan, with promises of high-paying jobs, before forcing them to carry out scams.
Abuses at these compounds, including kidnapping and human trafficking, have been widely documented, and the YouTubers used that setting as a backdrop for their staged videos.
Chen, who is known for paranormal videos and has about 120,000 YouTube subscribers, ran livestreams on Feb. 12 and Feb. 13, 2024, in which he pretended to flee a kidnapping attempt with Lu's help.
After seeing the videos, local police issued a missing persons alert, only to find Chen and Lu in a local apartment filled with props.
The two were arrested and later found guilty of "inciting and causing social disorder" by the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court, which sentenced both of them to two years in prison.
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