( Observer Network News) Recently, there have been repeated rumors on the island that people who went to Cambodia to work, but were detained their "passports", were imprisoned and abused, and the victims had no way to seek help, which aroused concern. On the 5th, China Times News reported that a Taiwanese businessman revealed that once the Taiwanese people had an accident locally, the only useful thing was to go to the Chinese embassy for help.
Taiwan media said that at the beginning of this month, the police on the island estimated that more than 2,000 Taiwanese were abducted and trafficked to Cambodia based on the weekly flights to Cambodia. In addition to those not included in the statistics, the number of deceived people may have reached more than 5,000. But the Taiwan authorities received only 141 reports and stopped less than 20 people at the airport.
On July 31, a Taiwanese media broke the news that a Taiwanese woman was tricked into working in Cambodia by an acquaintance, but she was actually sold to a human trafficker and engaged in prostitution; on August 1, the police stopped a 31-year-old woman at the Taiwan airport. The man surnamed Su, who claimed to be a woman named Fangfang, invited him to work in a casino in Cambodia. In addition to food, housing and air tickets, he also received high salary and benefits. % of the people who went to Cambodia for jobs were controlled by human traffickers, and the man replied, "I am the 10% of the people who were chosen by heaven."
On the 2nd, the police stopped a woman who was suspected of being deceived into Cambodia at the airport. The other party said, "I'm so short of money that I'm going to be taken away by a ghost. I'm desperate!" I'd rather die in Cambodia!" The police could only let her take a flight; on the 4th, another woman broke the news that her father said 14 years ago that a friend asked him to come to Cambodia with him to make a lot of money, and said that he would pick them up when they developed. It was a local vacation, but my father had been gone for 14 years, and it was ashes to meet again.
and netizens also posted that a cousin who was in his early 20s was illiterate and resigned after every job for a few days. Recently, he flew to Cambodia to do online fraud. Originally, the netizen thought that her cousin was deceived. Unexpectedly, her uncle told her that her cousin was willing, which made her sigh, "No wonder there are endless fraud cases."
It is understood that from July 20 to August 1, the police intercepted 17 passengers at Taoyuan Airport in more than 10 days, and carried out anti-fraud promotion for passengers going to Cambodia. The Tainan Police Bureau found that in the past two months, there were 6 suspected cases of Taiwanese people being defrauded to Cambodia and other countries. The 6 victims were all male, and the youngest was only 17 years old.
Yesterday, a Taiwanese businessman who used to work in Cambodia posted a helpless question on social media. Some fraudulent companies said they would go to Cambodia to work as counters, service staff or dealers, with a monthly salary ranging from NT$80,000 to NT$150,000 (approximately NT$150,000). Between RMB 18,000 and RMB 34,000), "If you don't have any skills, who would be willing to give you this salary?"
The Taiwanese businessman took his own experience as an example. In 2013, he went to Cambodia as a reserve cadre of a company. The company was listed in Taiwan. He interviewed 3 times before he got the job. The other party signed a 5-year contract with him once, and his salary just reached the level of "NT$80,000 to NT$150,000". When
was asked why the victim was reluctant to flee, the Taiwanese businessman gave the reason: many Taiwanese went to Cambodia without even knowing where they were, and there were many local addresses using the number of highways. A few bridges came to him and said that outsiders didn’t know each other at all, let alone the language barrier; in addition, the local police were so corrupt that the outside world could not imagine that his colleague once passed the intersection and was charged “tolls” by the police, more than 10 dollars a time ; During the 2013 Christmas strike in Cambodia, the staff called the police, but the police asked back, "How much money did other factories pay, what about you?"
The Taiwanese businessman said that it is not about politics, but because Taiwan and Cambodia have no communication at all, and there is no mutual assistance agreement, the only useful thing is to rush to the Chinese embassy for help if something happens to the Taiwanese. For
, some netizens on the island agreed with this statement, "Yes, it was only useful to ask the Chinese embassy when I encountered something in Thailand before." "This is the right choice."
also has netizens shouting at the authorities. Isn't this the "New Southbound Policy" that was so much touted back then? Why doesn't it work...
Last night, Ye Yulan, a "legislator" of the Kuomintang, pointed out that up to now, 206 Taiwanese have been deceived to Cambodia in the police records, but this number is only the tip of the iceberg, and the number of people not included in the statistics It is impossible to estimate at all. According to the estimates of the NGO that participated in the rescue, I am afraid thatMore than 2,000 Taiwanese have been victimized. Since Taiwan and Cambodia did not cooperate, the government felt powerless to rescue the people trapped in Cambodia. In the past, when cross-strait relations were more relaxed, cross-strait cooperation could allow the Cambodian police to cooperate. But at present, because of the tension between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, this way is not feasible. She appealed that the top priority should not leave the rescue operation to the police or Cambodian Taiwanese businessmen. The government can actively integrate resources. Otherwise, Taiwanese businessmen or the police alone will not be able to deal with it.
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