Some Malaysian victims in Cambodia denied help.
Since 2018, Putrajaya has saved more than a hundred Malaysians who were tricked into taking employment in Cambodia, but some of them have reportedly refused to leave, according to a recent story from The Sunday Star.
Despite the fact that the problem has only lately come to the notice of the public, Malaysians are among the foreign citizens who have fallen prey to hiring fraud gangs operating out of the Indochinese country.
Those who are reluctant to be rescued or flown back to Malaysia are typically either runaways or victims hiding from loan sharks, according to Malaysian Ambassador Eldeen Husaini Mohd Hashim.
Several news agencies stated that some work scam victims have told horrifying tales of being brutally treated by their captors after being seduced by tempting salaries.
In one instance, 16 Malaysians who took advantage of the offers and travelled to Cambodia made the claim that they were coerced into joining the syndicate without compensation and threatened with electric shocks if they did not.
Eldeen claimed that the Malaysian government has been putting a lot of effort into fighting these syndicates alongside the Cambodian police.
Family members, who Eldeen indicated frequently “take their problems to MPs, state leaders, and the press without knowing the circumstances,” are still agitated by the protracted rescue effort.
One of the explanations given for the delay in flying rescued Malaysians back home was immigration red tape.
According to Eldeen, some of them travelled without the right documentation and must first complete jail time in Cambodia to be eligible to be returned to Malaysia.
He was cited as stating, “But the embassy can ask for them to be deported instead of being put to jail.”
