Hai Duong Provincial Police have just prosecuted 2 suspects in a line that organized others to cross the border to Cambodia by sea to work at casinos.
On February 5, the Investigation Security Division – Hai Duong Provincial Police decided to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused, and detained Hoang The Anh (SN 1996, residing in Thanh Mien district) and Nguyen Van Nguyen (SN 1990). , resident of Chi Linh City) on the crime of “Organizing others to escape abroad”.
According to the investigative agency, Hoang The Anh opened a pawn shop Gia Bao (address in Tan Binh district, Ho Chi Minh City), and Nguyen worked for The Anh.
At the end of 2021, at this time the COVID-19 epidemic broke out, complicated developments, the whole country was tightening regulations on entry and exit to prevent the epidemic.
The defendants advertised on social networks and friends about finding people to come to Cambodia to make games for companies managed and operated by Chinese people with huge salaries of 800-1,000 USD/month and food allowance. live. Going to Cambodia does not require a passport or identity document.
Two suspects in the case at the investigating agency.
In November 2021, The Anh and Nguyen found 7 people, all residing in Hai Duong province, to move to Cambodia to work. Both of them took care of testing for COVID-19, booked air tickets, paid for accommodation, travel from Cat Bi airport (Hai Phong) to Ho Chi Minh City and then to Phu Quoc and illegally crossed the border to Cambodia by sea way.
After completing the work, the subjects were entitled to 33 million VND/time of successful illegal border crossing from a leader in the line in Tay Ninh province. The total amount of money The Anh and Nguyen benefited is VND 231 million, including advance costs (testing, travel, accommodation for people crossing the border).
After successfully crossing the border to Cambodia, a group of 7 workers had to work from 17-18 hours/day, paid only 200 USD/month and were often beaten and threatened… If they wanted to return, they had to pay ransom for their partner. head statue.
Some people were rescued by the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia in collaboration with local authorities and brought back to their homeland through the border gates of Ha Tien (Kien Giang) and Moc Bai (Tay Ninh).
After successfully returning to their hometown, this group of people went to the police station to denounce the criminal acts of the subjects.
The case is being investigated and clarified by the Security Department – Hai Duong Provincial Police.