This year, many Taiwanese have fallen into the “Cambodia scam” job-seeking trap. The Taiwan Immigration Bureau stated that from January to July this year, more than 8,600 Taiwanese went to Cambodia, but only nearly 5,000 returned to China, and it is expected that there are still nearly 3,000 people. stay local. In order to protect the personal safety of the people, the Taiwanese police have been at the airport recently caring about people going to Cambodia, and they will persuade people who are suspected of being deceived, hoping that they will change their minds and not insist on boarding. In addition, there are victims who have already returned to the country to attend a press conference with legislators, and they are interviewed by the media to tell their stories. The victim said that he was trafficked 4 times within 7 days, and finally got the assistance of the Governor of Sihanoukville to escape and return to Taiwan.
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The 24-year-old victim Pippi (pseudonym)“Reporter”said she was a single mother raising her daughter alone and entered the“Eight Industries”(Applying the Hong Kong context is similar to “fishing side”). Due to the outbreak of the epidemic, the government ordered the closure of “eight major industries” and she lost her job. Pippi also hopes to find opportunities to make quick money overseas. Later, while traveling in the Philippines at the end of June this year, Pippi met a Taiwanese on social software who introduced her to a high-paying job of US$25,000. After being invited, she arrived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in the early morning of June 25, with a passport. Immediately confiscated and blocked by netizens who introduced her work, she began to realize that she might have been deceived.
Pippi pointed out that she had been taken to the fraud park in the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone on the same morning. The people who contacted her honestly said that she was “sold” and asked her to trick the next person to come to Sihanoukville. To obey is to beat her or sell her away. Pippi said the first company bought her for $25,000, and that she had been treated with a stun stick by its staff. In the evening of the same day, the company sold her to the next company for the same price, $25,000. Personnel from the second company bought Pippi and sexually assaulted her. Two days later, they sold Pippi to a third company for $28,000, and then the third company sold Pippi for $27,000. to the fourth company.
Pippi mentioned that the boss of the fourth company asked her to work as a “pig-killer” scammer, and she was given a “fraud manual” for training, but because Pippi refused to obey, she was again detained and raped by the boss, She was also not allowed to eat or drink; luckily, Pippi still had access to the Internet on her mobile phone, so she began to ask for help on social media and publicized her scars. Pippi pointed out that the fourth company was also going to sell her, but did not take away her passport. She also tried to find time to contact a YouTuber who was concerned about the incident, and then contacted the Governor of Sihanoukville Province, and finally the other party ordered The police rescued her and she was able to return to Taiwan from Phnom Penh in July.
Taiwan police airport holds signs to stop people from “fishing”
People in Taiwan continue to express their desire to go to Cambodia to accept “favorable” job opportunities. The Taiwanese police have recently arranged for police officers to hold placards at Taoyuan Airport, hoping to dissuade them. Police Commissioner Wong Ming-chiu visited the airport yesterday and thanked the police officers present for their efforts. Authorities said 26 people had been successfully dissuaded from boarding the plane for a month.
at the beginning of the month, A man surnamed Su from Kaohsiung was about to report at the counter of the departure hall of Taoyuan Airport. During the period, he witnessed the police officer’s anti-fraud slogan. The police officer also noticed Su, so he stepped forward to care. Su pointed out that he was looking for a job on a job-seeking website. Later, he received a call from a woman named Fang Fang to invite him to become a high-paying croupier in a casino in Cambodia, and he planned to accept the appointment. After “Fang Fang” learned that Su was a Christian, she even claimed that she was also a Christian and would not deceive him, describing it as an opportunity given to Su by God. After the police officers at the scene learned about the situation, they showed the news report to Su, and said, “I don’t know if God gave you a chance, but if you meet me after your boarding pass, it must be God. The best arrangement.” After much persuasion, Su Shi finally gave up the trip.
The Taiwan Police Administration stated that the government has set up a task force and will step up international cooperation. Combined with the information reported, it will cooperate with the foreign embassy to guide and rescue Taiwanese trapped overseas. The Criminal Bureau has successfully rescued 9 people who were deceived because of job hunting last night. young man.
