KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20\u00a0(NNN-Bernama) — Five more Malaysians who had fallen victim to job scam syndicates in Cambodia returned home Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a statement issued by Foreign Ministry, the five individuals arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) via MH755 flight at 2 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It said with this development, a total of 148 victims of job scams in Cambodia had been rescued out of 158 cases reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Of the number of rescued victims, 29 are still in the immigration detention depot in Cambodia while the rest have returned home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The Malaysian Embassy in Phnom Penh is actively pursuing efforts to track down Malaysians who are reported to be victims of job scams,” read the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ministry is intensifying efforts to rescue Malaysians who were duped by these syndicates in Laos, Myanmar and Thailand through the Malaysian embassies in those countries, it said, adding that a total of 16 Malaysians have been rescued in Thailand, Laos (27) and Myanmar (five).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, a total of 12 victims of the syndicate in Thailand are being tracked down as well as 28 and 54 Malaysians in Laos and Myanmar respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Malaysian embassies in the countries involved will continue to intensify efforts and cooperate with the authorities in those countries to locate and rescue the victims,” it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— NNN-BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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