5 more Malaysian victims of the job offer scam syndicate in Cambodia have been successfully rescued and returned to their homeland yesterday, September 19, 2022.
According to a press release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, all of them arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) via flight MH755 at 2.00 pm.
This makes the total number of victims of job offer scam syndicates in Cambodia who have been successfully rescued to date 143 people out of 158 reported cases. Of the number of victims who have been rescued, 29 people are in the country’s immigration detention depot, while the rest have returned to their homeland.
“The Malaysian Embassy in Phnom Penh continues to actively pursue efforts to track Malaysian citizens who are reported to be victims of this scam syndicate in Cambodia,” the press release reads.
In addition to Cambodia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through other Malaysian Embassies is intensifying efforts to rescue Malaysian citizens who have become victims of this syndicate in Laos, Myanmar and Thailand.
Based on the records of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the statistics of syndicate victims show that the number of people who have been successfully rescued are 16 in Thailand, 27 in Laos and 5 in Myanmar.
Meanwhile, the number of victims being tracked is as many as 12 people in Thailand, 28 people in Laos and 54 people in Myanmar.
“The Malaysian Embassies in the countries involved will continue to multiply efforts and cooperate with the authorities of the host countries to locate and rescue the victims of the syndicate,” the statement said.
The scam sounds so scary! We are glad the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is doing their best in rescuing Malaysians.
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