As of Monday, city’s police said they had received 37 requests from people caught up in these scams, with 23 still trapped – 14 in Myanmar and nine in Cambodia.
Hong Kong police have arrested six people over job scam after 37 reportedly fell to the scheme after being lured to the Southeast Asian countries such as Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos to engage in illegal work since January.
HONG KONG (China Daily/Asia News Network): It is believed that three more Hong Kong people are being held captive in South-East Asian countries, having fallen victims to employment scams, taking the total number of South-East Asia employment-scam victims from the city to 23 since January, Undersecretary for Security Michael Cheuk Hau-yip revealed on Friday (Aug 19).