{"id":14955,"date":"2022-09-22T10:45:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T02:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=14955"},"modified":"2022-09-22T10:45:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T02:45:31","slug":"foreign-ministry-intensifying-efforts-to-rescue-msian-victims-of-job-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=14955","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Ministry intensifying efforts to rescue M’sian victims of job scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22<\/strong> — The Foreign Ministry will continue to step up efforts to rescue\u00a0Malaysians who fell victim to job scam syndicates overseas so that they can be brought home safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ministry, in a statement tonight, said that so far it had received reports on 301 such cases\u00a0in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and\u00a0Thailand.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cOf this number, 168 victims have been rescued and returned to the country. Apart from this,\u00a034 victims are being held at immigration detention depots and the remaining\u00a099 are still being traced by the authorities of the countries concerned,\u201d<\/em> it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier today the government announced that a multi-agency Special Committee headed by the Foreign Ministry would be set up to ensure that Malaysians who fell victim to job scam syndicates in several countries can be brought home safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the government would ensure that Malaysians who fell victim to these syndicates could be brought back safely and that efforts were being made via existing channels for this purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ismail Sabri stressed that the government was concerned and took a serious view of the plight of Malaysians stranded in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand after being tricked by these syndicates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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