Seventy-year-old security guard Tan used to teach, so he was excited when his friend Vincent told him that he could get a teaching job in Laos. Mr Tan was promised a salary of about $7,000 a month – but he would need to pay a $5,000 deposit for the...
Seventy-year-old security guard Tan used to teach, so he was excited when his friend Vincent told him that he could get a teaching job in Laos .
"Vincent said he often went abroad and that there was a language school in Laos recruiting teachers who could earn $7,000 to $8,000 a month. I used to be a teacher, so I was very tempted."On Sept 30, the village chief helped Mr Tan file a local police report. Mr Tan had used up the $2,000 he had with him and survived on bread.
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