Migrant Worker Beaten to Death in Cambodian Job Scam
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Migrant Worker Beaten to Death in Cambodian Job Scam
One killed, four tortured after being tricked into working abroad
By An Phu September 7, 2023 | 11:28 pm PT
Five people from northern Vietnam who thought they were headed to Taiwan for work were smuggled to Cambodia where they were held captive and tortured, with one dying of injuries.
Police in southern An Giang Province said Thursday they are working with investigators from the Ministry of Public Security to probe into the ring.
According to police, three men Le Minh Hoan, Nguyen Huu Linh, Nguyen Van Tuan and two women named Pham Thi Tinh and another identified only as Mua contacted Truong Van Chung, a native in central Nghe An Province in August, asking him to organize for them to go to work illegally in Taiwan.
The five laborers, aged between 32 and 39, are residents of the northern provinces of Hai Duong, Ninh Binh, Bac Giang, and north-central Thanh Hoa Province.
On August 25, as guided by Chung and an unidentified woman, the group of five gathered at a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, from where they were taken to the Vietnam-Cambodia border in An Giang Province in a seven-seat car.
The same day, the group were smuggled into Cambodia by Nguyen Thanh Hoang, 56, and his son Nguyen Thanh Toan, 31. They were told, they would be smuggled to Taiwan from Cambodia.
Arriving in Cambodia, they were sent to a house in Kaoh Thom District of Kahndal Province.
There several masked people approached with knives and guns, beat them, took their money and mobile phones, tied them up and held them captive.
The armed group then contacted the victims' families via social media accounts to sent videos of them being tortured and demanded ransom.
The families of Linh, Hoan and Tinh sent them a total of VND500 million (US$20,800) while the families of Tuan and Mua were not able to get the money as demanded.
Mua died of brain injuries following the beatings.
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/one-k ... 50892.html
By An Phu September 7, 2023 | 11:28 pm PT
Five people from northern Vietnam who thought they were headed to Taiwan for work were smuggled to Cambodia where they were held captive and tortured, with one dying of injuries.
Police in southern An Giang Province said Thursday they are working with investigators from the Ministry of Public Security to probe into the ring.
According to police, three men Le Minh Hoan, Nguyen Huu Linh, Nguyen Van Tuan and two women named Pham Thi Tinh and another identified only as Mua contacted Truong Van Chung, a native in central Nghe An Province in August, asking him to organize for them to go to work illegally in Taiwan.
The five laborers, aged between 32 and 39, are residents of the northern provinces of Hai Duong, Ninh Binh, Bac Giang, and north-central Thanh Hoa Province.
On August 25, as guided by Chung and an unidentified woman, the group of five gathered at a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, from where they were taken to the Vietnam-Cambodia border in An Giang Province in a seven-seat car.
The same day, the group were smuggled into Cambodia by Nguyen Thanh Hoang, 56, and his son Nguyen Thanh Toan, 31. They were told, they would be smuggled to Taiwan from Cambodia.
Arriving in Cambodia, they were sent to a house in Kaoh Thom District of Kahndal Province.
There several masked people approached with knives and guns, beat them, took their money and mobile phones, tied them up and held them captive.
The armed group then contacted the victims' families via social media accounts to sent videos of them being tortured and demanded ransom.
The families of Linh, Hoan and Tinh sent them a total of VND500 million (US$20,800) while the families of Tuan and Mua were not able to get the money as demanded.
Mua died of brain injuries following the beatings.
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/one-k ... 50892.html
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Re: Migrant Worker Beaten to Death in Cambodia Work Scam
Tomorrow: It turns out no one was actually kidnapped but had a disagreement about working conditions. One person did die because of wind but it was not related to any scam or torture.
Money can't buy happiness but it can buy beer
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That kind of shit is really getting out of hand.
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Yep. Sad to say that Cambodia has become the Asian country of choice for organised gangs from surrounding countries to commit violent crimes. These foreign criminals lure people to Cambodia because they know there will be little or no consequences. Cambodia has a reputation as a criminal state.
As for those in charge, "If you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas" comes to mind.
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Birds of a feather flock together.
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I'm surprised Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia etc don't kick up a bigger fuss. If the got together and challenged Cambodia it would stop quickly. Economic sanctions, flight restrictions, food import restrictions. They could make life much harder for Cambodia with just a few tweaks.Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 3:37 pmYep. Sad to say that Cambodia has become the Asian country of choice for organised gangs from surrounding countries to commit violent crimes. These foreign criminals lure people to Cambodia because they know there will be little or no consequences. Cambodia has a reputation as a criminal state.
As for those in charge, "If you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas" comes to mind.
But to do so would mean that would have to flat-out accuse the government of being complicit, and who knows where that could lead. Maybe diplomacy is worth more than a few thousand of their citizens being captured and tortured.
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Re: Migrant Worker Beaten to Death in Cambodian Job Scam
Maybe they think that given the amount of various mafias and such, it's well convenient that it stays partially concentrated in this particular but stable regime and country that is conveniently located at the crossroads of the region for those benefiting from the drug and smuggled goods trade, even better if getting extra cheap labor as a collateral effect of the low living conditions of the country ?Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 11:17 pm
I'm surprised Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia etc don't kick up a bigger fuss. If the got together and challenged Cambodia it would stop quickly. Economic sanctions, flight restrictions, food import restrictions. They could make life much harder for Cambodia with just a few tweaks.
But to do so would mean that would have to flat-out accuse the government of being complicit, and who knows where that could lead. Maybe diplomacy is worth more than a few thousand of their citizens being captured and tortured.
Remember where the dump was located in your childhood's area ? Me too, and although we despised having one, it was somehow convenient and it better not moved elsewhere.
Maybe i'm a bit harsh or sarcastic, but i'm pretty sure there's a aura of this kind.
A few right moves from the inside could make wonders already, with the actual disciplinarian toolbox, and less pure greed.
It looks kind of funny that the most authoritarian regime is also the most permissive, given the results ^^
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Re: Migrant Worker Beaten to Death in Cambodian Job Scam
VIETNAM
11 people jailed for trafficking hundreds of jobseekers to Cambodia
By Phuoc Tuan September 26, 2023 | 12:33 am PT
Vuong Van Thanh, 36, was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison for human trafficking by Dong Nai People's Court. Ten other people were sentenced from three and half years to up to eight years in jail as Thanh's accomplices or for organizing illegal emigration.
From February to June 2022, Thanh and three accomplices used online accounts to recruit workers, promising them high incomes, in order to lure them to Cambodia for work. For each person sent to Cambodia, Thanh would get $600 as payment.
The group then sent the workers to several companies based in Cambodia and managed by Chinese people so they could be exploited. The workers had to work overtime, make scam calls and persuade others to gamble, among other tasks, under close supervision.
If a worker wanted to come back to Vietnam, their family would have to pay a ransom to the group in Cambodia, which ranged from VND61-130 million (US$2,500-5,300) per person. The human trafficking ring was busted thanks to a call for help by a victim in July last year.
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/11-pe ... 57645.html
11 people jailed for trafficking hundreds of jobseekers to Cambodia
By Phuoc Tuan September 26, 2023 | 12:33 am PT
Vuong Van Thanh, 36, was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison for human trafficking by Dong Nai People's Court. Ten other people were sentenced from three and half years to up to eight years in jail as Thanh's accomplices or for organizing illegal emigration.
From February to June 2022, Thanh and three accomplices used online accounts to recruit workers, promising them high incomes, in order to lure them to Cambodia for work. For each person sent to Cambodia, Thanh would get $600 as payment.
The group then sent the workers to several companies based in Cambodia and managed by Chinese people so they could be exploited. The workers had to work overtime, make scam calls and persuade others to gamble, among other tasks, under close supervision.
If a worker wanted to come back to Vietnam, their family would have to pay a ransom to the group in Cambodia, which ranged from VND61-130 million (US$2,500-5,300) per person. The human trafficking ring was busted thanks to a call for help by a victim in July last year.
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/11-pe ... 57645.html
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