Over 60 M’sian victims of job scam still stuck in Cambodia, says envoy

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BANGKOK: The Malaysian embassy in Cambodia has rescued 46 Malaysians who were said to have been duped into taking up “lucrative job offers overseas”, according to its ambassador Eldeen Husaini Mohd Hashim. “To date, there are still more than 60 cases of Malaysians who are waiting to be rescued. We are working closely with the Cambodian authorities to help them return home,” he told Bernama.

 

In 2018, the embassy assisted 47 Malaysians who were caught in a similar predicament. No cases were reported in 2020 and 2021 following the closure of borders during the Covid-19 pandemic. The most recent case involved four Malaysians who were allegedly duped by syndicates that offered high-paying jobs in Cambodia. The four men, aged 29 to 41, returned home safely yesterday.

 

The syndicates attracted victims via social networking sites such as Facebook, with offers of high-paying jobs overseas. However, when they arrived in Cambodia, they were forced to be part of a tele-marketing scam targeting people around the world.

 

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