Job scam: CID chief erred by leaving 5 victims in Cambodia - NGO

The local police had erred when it said it could not bring home five Malaysians who had fallen prey to job scams, due to immigration law in Cambodia, said an NGO.

Migrant rights NGO, the North South Initiative executive director Adrian Pereira said the job scam victims are trafficked individuals, and under international conventions against trafficking, they cannot be arrested under immigration offences.

“Job scam victims can be rescued more easily if the authorities use Non-Punishment of Victims of Trafficking under the Inter-Agency Coordination Group Against Trafficking in Persons and several other international laws that protect the rights of the victims...