China News Agency, Taipei, August 18th. In the past few days, a large number of Taiwanese youths were lured by "high salaries" to Cambodia to "work illegally" and the news of being abused has attracted widespread attention on the island.
On the one hand, public opinion questioned the indifference of the DPP authorities to the situation of the lost, and on the other hand, they seriously discussed whether the worsening unemployment and inflation problems have caused some young people to have nowhere to go.
According to a series of reports from Taiwan media such as United News Network, China Time News Network, and Central News Agency, the criminal forces on the island and Cambodian criminal gangs are behind the human trafficking case.
A large number of Taiwanese youths know that the so-called "high-paying" jobs are suspected of being illegal, but they still take risks. They are lured to Cambodia and then controlled by criminal gangs.
According to statistics, from January to July this year, more than 8,600 Taiwanese went to Cambodia, and only 5,000 returned to Taiwan. The Taiwanese police estimated that about 3,000 people were stranded there, and about 300 of them had filed cases for help.
It was not until recently that the Thai police mediated and rescued the first batch of victims of Taiwanese people, and many cases were exposed, and Taiwanese civil organizations and enterprises came to the rescue.
There are more and more doubts in the public opinion on the island: The DPP authorities exaggerate Taiwan's economic improvement and the unemployment rate is low. Why do a large number of young people go to Southeast Asia to take risks?
Taipei City Mayor Ko Wenzhe recently pointed out that if there is no other way out, how can people go to Cambodia to "go for gold".
Tsai Ing-wen said that Taiwan's economy is booming, but in fact the "pain index" (unemployment rate + inflation rate) keeps rising.
Taiwanese writer Hong Xuezhen and retired professor Lin Baochun of Taiwan Normal University recently wrote separate articles and analyzed that it was the plight of life that forced Taiwanese to take desperate risks in Cambodia.
Many college graduates can only find low-paying jobs with hourly wages and lose confidence in living on the island. Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, industries have been depressed and prices have risen, which has exacerbated people's feelings of poverty and poverty.
Su Zhenchang, head of the administrative agency of the Democratic Progressive Party, recently declared that "only 120 people" have lost contact in Cambodia.
His indifference caused an uproar among the people, and public opinion accused him of "seeing the people as a mustard".
Peng Xingzhu, senior editor-in-chief of "Foresight" magazine, said that Taiwan's non-party public opinion representative Gao Jinsumei called attention to this human trafficking case on August 2, but the DPP authorities focused their attention on the "visit" of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , did not respond to the case.
A recent editorial article in China Times pointed out that after the relevant case was exposed, the DPP authorities were busy defending Lin Zhijian, who was involved in plagiarism.
The population is furious at the indifferent and insensitive authorities.
In addition, Gao Hongan, a public opinion representative from the Taiwan People's Party, introduced that after self-inspection by some counties and cities, at least 25 people in Taichung City were lured to Cambodia, at least 53 people in New Taipei City, at least 27 people in Pingtung County, and more than 105 people in three counties and cities alone. It can be imagined that the case is serious, and there is a gap between the "120 people" and the facts.
As the incident continues to heat up, there are more and more voices calling on the DPP authorities to step up saving lives, but so far, only the authorities have sent police officers to hold placards at the airport to remind people not to go to Cambodia for the time being.
According to the United News Network, three Chinese Kuomintang public opinion representatives went to Cambodia to inspect and rescue a trapped Taiwanese youth, who returned to Taiwan on the 18th.
Zhongtian News recently visited the people of Taipei City. Many interviewees said that the DPP authorities have left the task of saving people to the people, and their incompetence is disappointing.
In addition, some Taiwanese businessmen said that the only way for Taiwanese people trapped in Cambodia is to ask the mainland for help.
The "United Daily News" editorial on the 18th also pointed out that if the Taiwan authorities can get assistance from the mainland, the rescue operation may be more convenient.
However, the ruling of the DPP authorities has led to the "frozen" of cross-strait relations, resulting in the current situation where nothing can be done.
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