Bad guys tricked to "sell" close friends to Cambodia to earn more than 1.2 billion VND and the end

Taking advantage of his close relationship with two close friends, Lin easily tricked two high school friends into Cambodia to work with high wages for 360,000 yuan (more than 1.2 billion dong).

Chen, 19 years old from Donggang, Taiwan was rescued on June 18 after being tricked into working in Cambodia. On the same day, the police arrested Lin, who tricked Chen into going abroad and also a high school classmate of the 19-year-old male.

At the investigation agency, Lin confessed to knowing a person named Van online. Van said that he needed to recruit people to Cambodia to work, the work was leisurely, the salary was high. This person promised to pay Lin a favor if he could introduce someone to him.

Lin then found her two high school classmates, Chen and Zheng. Initially, all three tables together will go to Cambodia. But before leaving, after an argument, Lin told her two friends to go first, I'll come later. In the end, this young man silently canceled the move.

Only Chen and Zheng went to Cambodia, then fell into the hands of a group of scammers. Lin said that so far, he has not received the 360,000 yuan (more than 1.2 billion VND) commission promised by the person named Van.

When the police asked about the reason for arguing with Chen, Lin remained silent. On August 6, Chen contacted his family asking for help. On August 18, this young man returned to Taiwan.

Meanwhile, Zheng's mother said that during his stay in Cambodia, he sent messages to his family asking for help, saying that he was often beaten and abused. Chen's family then contacted and asked Taiwanese authorities for help.

On the afternoon of August 21, Zheng returned to Taiwan. In an interview with the police, Zheng said he did not know what job he would do before going to Cambodia. When he got there, this young man's job was to call and trick more people in Malaysia and Singapore. Zheng said that if he wanted to return, the only way was for the family to pay a ransom.

Chen and Zheng are two of more than 40 lucky cases repatriated after being tricked into working in Cambodia.

"There have been 420 reported cases of Taiwanese being detained in Cambodia, 46 of which have returned to Taiwan," said Taiwan Police Agency Director Huang Ming-chao at a press conference on August 19. back to Taiwan. There are still 374 people who have lost contact with their families and people. We are working hard to help them."

Taiwanese officials say police forces across Taiwan have raided 20 criminal groups believed to be involved in human trafficking, of which 67 have been arrested in the past few weeks.

According to Mr. Huang, reports show that organized crime gangs in Taiwan are colluding with gangs in China and Cambodia. Taiwan's law enforcement agency is contacting foreign partners for assistance, including working with the FBI and police in Thailand.

Not long ago, the case of a 16-year-old female designer from Phu Yen province who was tricked into selling to Cambodia also caused a stir in public opinion. According to the family, in April, in the process of finding a job online, N. met and exchanged information with a virtual account named Kieu Duyen.

After promising a job with a high salary, free accommodation and many other benefits, this account convinced N. to go to Ho Chi Minh City to accept the job immediately. To create more trust, Kieu Duyen constantly sent gifts and clothes to N. In the end, she fell in love and told her family that she would go to Ho Chi Minh City to work with her classmates and then disappeared since then, the family was not connected. get lost.

Her father, Mr. Nguyen Van Huong (53 years old, from Phu Yen) had to go to Ho Chi Minh City to find his daughter, and ask for help from the authorities and the online community. Later, the family received news that their daughter was in Cambodia and were asked for a large ransom to bring her home. On the morning of June 21, Mr. Huong confirmed that his daughter had been found by the Ministry of Public Security and handed over to her family.

On May 30, the incident of 13-year-old TTD took personal belongings, put her phone in her backpack and left the house on Inter-zone 8-9 street (Binh Hung Hoa A Ward, Binh Tan District). , then announced to his family who are in Cambodia to work also attracted the attention of the public.

Up to now, the family informed that D. has not been able to go home yet, and can only "intermittent" contact with him via social networks.

According to D.'s story with his family, before leaving home, he was approached by a strange account on a social network. This person persuaded for many days, saying that he was on summer vacation, so he could help his family by going to Cambodia to do a light job with a high salary, after the summer, he would return.

The family is difficult, thinking that I can soon earn money to help my parents, I decided to go to work to have money. Because he did not know the road, he was guided to the designated place, with a group of people who illegally crossed the border to Cambodia.

According to the mother, during her contacts with her daughter, she learned that D. was sold many times to many companies to work. She said that it costs 5,000 - 7,000 USD to redeem people, but I know my parents can't afford that amount.

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