Malaysia
Another 10 Malaysian job scam victims brought home
Job scammers operate through sophisticated fake profiles and shadow websites, and post job opportunities overseas via social media to lure debt-saddled youths from Malaysia and other South-east Asian countries with promises of high salaries in online sales or eternal love. — Picture by Choo Choy May

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 22 — Another 10 Malaysians who fell prey to job scam syndicates in Cambodia were rescued and brought home yesterday.

Wisma Putra, in a statement today, said all 10 of them arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2) at 11.50 pm on an Air Asia aircraft AK535 and handed over to the police to facilitate investigation on employment scam.

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As of yesterday, 313 Malaysians who became victims of employment syndicates have been rescued from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand.

Of the total, 255 of them have been brought home, while the remaining 58 are still at the detention depot in the respective countries awaiting deportation.

Wisma Putra expressed its appreciation to the Malaysian Embassy in Phnom Penh and the Cambodian government for continuing to take proactive action to rescue and expedite the deportation of the victims concerned.

Wisma Putra, through its embassies and government agencies in the affected countries, will continue to cooperate and intensify efforts to address the issue of job scam syndicates, it said and reminded Malaysians to be wary of high-paying job offers through social media. — Bernama

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