THAI ASSISTANCE: The representative office in Thailand worked with local authorities to help trafficking victims return home, while one in the group has been chargedBy Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff writer, with CNA
Taipei/Taoyuan, Aug. 15 (CNA) Nine Taiwanese who were allegedly lured to Cambodia with lucrative job offers but then held and forced to work there illegally were brought back home Sunday night after a joint effort between Taiwan and Thailand, according to the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB).
Eight Taiwanese who were lured to Cambodia with lucrative job offers only to be forced to work illegally were brought home on Sunday night in a joint effort between Taiwanese and Thai authorities, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said.
Nine people six men and three women aged 23 to 42 boarded China Airlines Flight CI-836 from Bangkok, with assistance from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
They arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport at 9:55pm and were taken to the Aviation Police Bureau for questioning before entering home isolation in accordance with Taiwan’s COVID-19 regulations.
The Taoyuan District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday
With gun crime at a six-year high, the National Police Agency (NPA) should map out plans to clamp down on such activity, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Mark Ho (何志偉) said yesterday.
Ho made the comments a day after a shooting in Nantou County’s Caotun Township (草屯).
A former Kang Jian Biotech worker surnamed Lee (李) allegedly shot five company employees, killing four, while company manager Lai Min-nan (賴敏男) was in a critical condition.
There have been 9,290 guns and 317,806 rounds of ammunition seized since 2017, with 1,217 guns found in New Taipei City, the most in the nation, and Taipei
By Yao Yueh-hung and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerPolice are investigating whether an alleged piece of disinformation posted on Facebook by TV celebrity Antony Kuo （郭彥均） originated from a content farm.