Japanese nationals arrested for allegedly taking part in phone scams from Cambodia have described their experiences of being abused at the scam base, such as having their ears burned and nails removed, Japanese police sources said Wednesday. In the special fraud case, the Aichi prefectural police department arrested 29 suspects in their 10s to 50s last month after they were extradited from the Southeast Asian country. According to police sources, the suspects traveled to Cambodia to pay off debts, find employment, and for other reasons. At the scam base, they were forced to make phone calls from morning to night under the surveillance of Chinese supervisors. They received a fraction of the fraudulently obtained money, in cryptocurrency or cash, based on their performance. However, they were abused if they did not act as instructed or said that they wanted to return to Japan. Some of them had their eardrums burned with a lighter and their nails removed, and were slashed with a knife.