A Chinese national student lost her life after suffering from emotional blackmail following her encounter with a scam syndicate from China.
The student, Lee, was emotionally and mentally tortured before she fell from the 39th floor of her condominium in Selangor
She fell to her death on the 6th floor.
In reports by China Press, Lee’s parents shared how their daughter lived through four days of severe anxiety after the scam syndicate got in touch with her.
“Pay RM150k or go to jail”
Lee, who landed in Malaysia on March 13, had just started her student life in Malaysia for five days when “police from China” called Lee and accused her of being a major suspect in a criminal gang. The “police” even told Lee that she was suspected of murdering an old woman.
Lee was frightened, but the scammer offered a way out: pay RMB258,000 (approximately RM156,000) to prove her innocence, or the “police” would travel to Malaysia to extradite her back to China, where she would face at least one year in prison.
To elevate the pressure, the scammer told Lee that her movements were monitored 24/7, causing Lee to fall for the narrative and believe that she was a suspect.
Lee didn’t want to burden her family and was unable to cope with the immense pressure, so she ended her life. She was only 20.
“I wish my daughter had trusted me”
Lee’s parents landed in Malaysia on March 23 after receiving the tragic news about their daughter, and after going through her phone, Lee’s mum discovered a lot.
Based on the call logs, Lee had 24 hours’ worth of video calls with the scammers from March 18 to March 22. The mum, however, had no idea what was discussed throughout the call but revealed that Lee reached out to her for help via phone call as well as through a handwritten letter previously.
“She asked me about the savings I had. I did not give her any money because I didn’t know what happened.”
“She wrote a letter of 500 words and told me to send her some money. She couldn’t tell me what was it about because she said she had signed a confidential agreement.”
Lee’s mum could tell right away that her daughter was scammed after reading the letter. She tried calling her daughter on March 22 but to no avail. The letter became Lee’s last words to the family.
“My daughter was brainwashed by the fake police. She trusted the scammer but not her mum.”
Lee’s father said the family would take the body home as soon as possible for her burial. In the meantime, he also hopes that the Chinese Embassy in Malaysia can lend a helping hand and help put pressure on the Malaysian police to investigate the case to give her daughter justice.
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