BANGKOK: Five Malaysian job-seekers, who claimed to have been duped into going to Myanmar and forced to work as cyber scammers, have been rescued and are now awaiting deportation in Bangkok.
Acting on information from Teruntum assemblyman Sim Chon Siang and others, a team from the Thai Army went into KK Gardens in Myawaddy, Myanmar, on Feb 3 and rescued Adam Iskandar Tukiman, 20; Akmar Hamsan, 19; Kamil Abd Hamid, 25; Nur Fitriani Abdullah, 19; and Lee Zhi Cong; who were being held there.
Sim, who has been instrumental in securing the release of 91 Malaysians in Cambodia and Thailand, said the 33-year-old man had been forced to work for a scamming ring based in KK Garden, a huge compound that hosts multiple companies."It is learned that he has been here for over a year, and he was badly treated and beaten. Perhaps he is sick and cannot cross the river. We hope he can be saved in two or three days. They are working to locate him,” he said.
As of Jan 27, the Malaysian police have received 262 reports of 336 Malaysians who fell for job scams and are now held in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. "At that time, my mother happened to be unwell, so I wanted a job that paid well,” said Adam when asked why he agreed to follow his friend. Victims have reported worse treatment, such as starvation and torture, at the hands of supervisors at the scam centres.
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