China News Service, August 20th. Recently, many Taiwanese people have been deceived in Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries, which has caused great concern on the island.
As the case continues to be revealed, people from all walks of life on the island not only called on the authorities to take effective action to save people, but also began to reflect on why a large number of young people went to Southeast Asia to take risks.
Why are more and more young Taiwanese "looking for another way out"?
According to Taiwan media reports, after the Internet celebrity Bump uploaded a video of his rescue of trapped Taiwanese in Cambodia in July, the incidents of Taiwanese being deceived in Cambodia and other countries were exposed.
According to the report, these deceived people took up jobs that were obviously disproportionate to the pay after landing, and some were violently treated, imprisoned, beaten, abused, and even sexually assaulted.
Screenshots from Taiwan media reports
A rescued victim revealed that he was deceived by a friend who had known him for 10 years. After he arrived in the local area, he was arranged to do marriage and love fraud work. Some of his friends were beaten until their legs were festered and all their teeth were lost.
How many people have been deceived into Cambodia?
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.
"If everyone can live and work in peace and contentment, who wants to take a risk and travel far away, if they are not desperate, how can they want to go to Cambodia to pan for gold." Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe said the current situation of young people in Taiwan.
According to "Hong Kong 01" report, before the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in 2019, 739,000 Taiwanese went to work outside the island, accounting for nearly 6.2% of Taiwan's labor force. 4.2%.
The report said that Taiwanese people looking for opportunities abroad is a combination of internal push and external pull.
In terms of internal driving force, Taiwan's economy has been lacking in actual development for a long time in recent years, and the younger generation lacks development opportunities on the island, so they are naturally more willing to work in other places to "earn for gold".
The external pull is the relatively attractive income of other neighboring areas.
The Kuomintang held a press conference on the 17th and pointed out that after the DPP took office, the gap between the rich and the poor has worsened, which has become a structural reason for the people to be defrauded by the Cambodian group.
Under the low salary structure in Taiwan, young people have no hope of pursuing their dreams and can only develop overseas.
Some public opinion pointed out that Tsai Ing-wen's claim that the island's economy has been the best in the past 20 years has been completely broken.
In the Zhongtian News street interview, when asked what they thought of the authorities saying that "Taiwan's economy is in the best state in the past 20 years", most people bluntly disagreed, "This sentence is super funny" "If the economy is really good, now Not so many people risked going to Cambodia to make that quick money.”
In addition, the incident took place in a Southeast Asian country, which also made all sectors of the island review the "new southbound" policy that the authorities have been pushing for many years.
Zheng Liwen, a "legislator" of the Kuomintang, has been furious recently. Since 2017, the "New Southbound" policy has spent a total of NT$25 billion in public funds, and has never seen performance. 6 years results?"
Taiwan's "China Times" said that the reason why Taiwanese people are attracted to the fraud group is that on the one hand, they use the "new southward" policy of the Taiwan authorities as propaganda, claiming that these areas are "emerging special zones" pushed by the authorities; The Taiwan authorities are unable to exert their power locally. Once the people are deceived into Cambodia and other places, they will become "black households" that are left unchecked and can only be slaughtered by others.
The inaction of the DPP authorities sparked dissatisfaction on the island
What did the DPP authorities do after the storm of working fraud in Cambodia is expanding?
Taiwan media noticed that when civil organizations, internet celebrities, and public opinion representatives worked hard to rescue the people who had fallen into Cambodia, the DPP authorities did not seem to do anything more actively than holding up signs at the airport to remind people not to be fooled.
The staff held up signs at the airport to remind the public to beware of being scammed.
Image source: Taiwan Zhongshi News Network
The "big internal propaganda" of the DPP authorities also appeared at this time, including the "correction and return" of the number of victims, turning the rumored 4,000 missing people into 120 missing.
And Tsai Ing-wen's nearly 4 Facebook posts are all related to the election, as if the Taiwanese people are suffering outside, and it has nothing to do with it.
According to Taiwan media reports, a victim revealed in a Taiwan media program describing the process of being deceived that he had been hung up when he asked the foreign affairs department of the Taiwan authorities for help.
In addition, the Kuomintang public opinion representative went to Cambodia to rescue the trapped teenager a few days ago, and was later criticized by the "Police Administration" for obstructing the handling of the case, and was also accused by the DPP for "showing off".
In this regard, the Kuomintang responded by saying that the DPP is afraid that everyone knows that there is no effort, no action, and no work, so it will engage in small means. So many young people are trapped in Cambodia and do not try to save people. smear.
An article in Taiwan's "Economic Daily" said that many Taiwanese people were lured to Cambodia by high salaries and the incidents of physical and mental injuries, and even life-threatening incidents intensified, but the Taiwan authorities were helpless and only visited the families of Taiwanese working in Cambodia within the country. Almost gone.
According to a report by Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po, a large number of young Taiwanese were deceived into Cambodia because they were unable to find full-time jobs after graduating from university, and many chose to gamble under the lure of "high salaries".
In recent years, the DPP authorities have repeatedly claimed that they "will do things" and "deploy ahead of schedule", but they will throw the blame when they encounter problems that need to be faced directly.
The picture shows a picture of Taiwan's Taoyuan Airport promoting cross-border employment fraud.
Image source: Taiwan Zhongshi News Network
Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council: Contact Chinese embassies and consulates abroad for help
Public opinion on the island believes that the DPP authorities are not without tactics, but unfortunately, the ruling party cannot see the risks that the people are taking, and it is always based on the reason that it has no so-called "diplomatic relations" with Cambodia and it is difficult to use the means to save people. Willing to use the hand of the mainland to help rescue the people who are on the brink of crisis.
At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 18th, when asked about relevant questions, spokesman Wang Wenbin said that the Chinese government attaches great importance to consular protection and spares no effort to safeguard the safety and legitimate rights and interests of overseas Chinese citizens, including Hong Kong compatriots and Taiwan compatriots.
The Chinese embassies and consulates in relevant countries are maintaining close communication with the governments of the countries where they are located, and are actively searching for and rescuing relevant personnel.
Data map: Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Kejia
Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, also said on the 19th that Taiwan compatriots are Chinese citizens, and it is our duty to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Taiwan compatriots.
Taiwan compatriots overseas can contact Chinese embassies and consulates abroad for help in time.
As Taiwan's "Wang Daily" editorial pointed out, how to open up various channels to fight crime from the mainland to Southeast Asia should be a more important task for the Tsai Ing-wen authorities than winning the election.
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