A Hong Kong man trafficked in Thailand and later hoodwinked with the offer of a clerical post with a salary of just HK$10,000 (S$1,700) proved job scams in Southeast Asian countries were not just advertised with suspiciously large salaries, a lawmaker said on Monday (Aug 29). Elizabeth Quat, of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong,...
A Hong Kong man trafficked in Thailand and later hoodwinked with the offer of a clerical post with a salary of just HK$10,000 proved job scams in Southeast Asian countries were not just advertised with suspiciously large salaries, a lawmaker said on Monday .
“When he went to work, he found out it was a fraudulent job again and asked to leave. The staff said they would drive him back to the city but as soon as he got in the car he was kidnapped and imprisoned for more than 20 days,” Quat said.Quat added that the man was later sold to another criminal enterprise in Myanmar, where he was forced to say that he had volunteered to work there.
The man was still imprisoned at the site and he suspected there were soldiers armed with guns there, Quat said. A spokesman for the Security Bureau said another victim who had earlier asked for help from the Assistance to Hong Kong Residents Unit of the Immigration Department had returned from Thailand.
The bureau also appealed to the public to contact the Immigration Department as soon as possible if they had information on anyone who may have fallen victim to a scam. The department’s hotline is 1868.