SEPANG, Jan 27 — Another five Malaysians allegedly forced to work as scam syndicates in Cambodia have been brought home today, following a police delegation to Cambodia to look...
SEPANG, Jan 27 — Another five Malaysians allegedly forced to work as scam syndicates in Cambodia have been brought home today, following a police delegation to Cambodia to look into the job scams.
“Based on normal timeframes, it would have taken them at least a month to process their release, but the immigration department there has agreed to speed things up and release them from detention in less than 24 hours so we can bring them home,” Abd Jalil told reporters at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport .However, he said authorities have agreed that there is a “fine line” between determining those involved as scam victims or scammers themselves.
“Some of these individuals make up stories of being trafficked when they cannot achieve the KPIs set by their employers," he said, adding that those who were able to reach their KPIs chose to not be sent back to Malaysia.
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