China Overseas Chinese Network, February 18th: Being illegally detained, selling blood for money... Don't go to these "high-paying jobs"!
Recently, the incident of a Chinese man being illegally detained in Cambodia and having a large amount of blood drawn has attracted the attention of netizens.
On February 16, the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia responded to the incident.
The embassy in Cambodia stated that on February 12, the Cambodia-China-Cambodia First Hospital reported to the embassy that the hospital admitted a Chinese man surnamed Li, who was coerced by a criminal gang to smuggle to Cambodia because he believed in false job advertisements on the same city website. Later, he was illegally detained by an online gambling fraud gang in China Town, Sihanoukville, Cambodia, and was subjected to repeated large-dose blood draws, and his life was in critical condition.
Screenshot of the website of the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia
The embassy in Cambodia attached great importance to this matter and requested the hospital to make every effort to treat the patient.
Under the promotion of the embassy in Cambodia, the police in Sihanoukville Province of Cambodia have officially filed a case, and the police of China and Cambodia are cooperating to carry out relevant investigation work, and strive to solve the case as soon as possible.
When the man told reporters about his experience, he said that in June 2021, someone introduced him to work in Guangxi with a high salary.
As a result, he was kidnapped and sent to Cambodia.
Because of his refusal to participate in online fraud activities, he was resold many times. In the past six months, he was drawn as much blood as 3 infusion bottles every one and a half months, a total of 7 times of blood...
This is another tragic case of falling into the trap of "going abroad for high-paying jobs".
According to police sources, since 2020, cases of Chinese citizens being “hired with high salaries” to Cambodia have frequently occurred.
These fraudulent companies publicly announced that they purchased employees for "a head" of $20,000 to $30,000.
The temptation of huge sums of money makes some middlemen take risks and smuggle "employees" abroad by deceiving and controlling personal freedom.
In a fraudulent company, "employees" will be intimidated if they are disobedient, and they will also use electric batons... After many people are kidnapped, they will be asked to transfer all the money in their bank cards, and then contact their families to send them home. The money was also emptied.
Some people want to pay a huge ransom in exchange for freedom, but in the end they will only be resold and sold to other fraud companies.
In order to rescue them, the local Chinese in Cambodia organized a Chinese-Cambodian volunteer team to rescue the deceived Chinese in various ways.
Due to the epidemic, these victims were unable to go home. The China-Cambodia Volunteer Team joined hands with Chinese bosses to provide free accommodation to help them find jobs...
Such scams exist not only in Cambodia, but also in Myanmar.
At the beginning of 2021, after an in-depth investigation by the Jingshan City Public Security Bureau of Hubei Province, a telecommunications network fraud group named "Yonglong Company" entrenched in Mengbo County, northern Myanmar, surfaced.
Data Map: Hubei Beijing Mountain Police Investigate Returnees from Northern Myanmar (Data Map) Photo by Yang Kui
On June 11 of the same year, the Jingmen Public Security Bureau formally established the "6•11" task force, and launched a centralized network collection operation in more than 20 provinces and cities across the country.
A total of 93 suspects involved in the "Wing Lung Company" electronic fraud were arrested.
In November 2021, the Public Security Bureau of Jingmen City, Hubei Province held a press conference on the detection of the "6 11" case of the Northern Myanmar Electricity Fraud Group.
At the press conference, an experiencer said: "In northern Myanmar, I feel that my life is not as good as a dog. There is no difference between killing a person and killing a dog. Unidentified armed forces can be seen everywhere. Our meal, what kind of fight we end up in, and how long we will be in the water prison are just a matter of the boss's words."
In December 2021, CCTV's "Economic Half Hour" column also invited people who had similar experiences in northern Myanmar to tell their own experiences.
One of the experiencers said that after arriving in northern Myanmar, he learned that the "high-paying job" he wanted to apply for turned out to be a telecom fraud. He did refuse, but was immediately beaten by the other party.
Moreover, under the strict surveillance of the criminal gang, even escape is impossible.
For those who still refuse to accept the "discipline" after being violently abused, the criminals will do some life-threatening things, and take videos in the name of asking for smuggling expenses, and coerce their families to transfer money to redeem them.
Many people who went abroad to be defrauded by "high salary" said after returning to China: "I am really relaxed now, and I am willing to accept the punishment from the public security organs. At least I know that I have returned home and are safe."
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In October 2021, the "Anti-Telecommunications Network Fraud Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft)" was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation for the first time, and the legislative work is progressing steadily.
The Chinese police and embassies and consulates abroad have issued relevant reminders on many occasions: to be vigilant and protect their own rights and interests, not only to avoid being defrauded of money by telecom fraud, but also to avoid being used by recruitment scams and becoming an accomplice in fraud.
Xiaoqiao reminds again: no pie will fall from the sky!
Some jobs are really not available!
(Source of the manuscript: WeChat official account of China Overseas Chinese Network; ID: qiaowangzhongguo; Source: Website of the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia, Jimu News, Justice Network, Beiqing Shendu, etc.; Author: Zeng Xiaowei)