Story of a victim tricked into going to Laos to do 'easy work, high salary'

On June 18, information from the Border Guard Command of Ha Tinh province said that this unit, in coordination with Lao authorities, had just organized the reception of 6 Vietnamese people who were tricked into going to Laos to work, then were controlled and held for ransom.

Ha Tinh Provincial Border Guard received 6 Vietnamese victims

Of the 6 victims, 5 were rescued earlier (including 4 people living in Can Loc district, Ha Tinh, 1 person living in M'Drak district, Dak Lak ) and 1 male victim living in Thai Nguyen province was just rescued.

These victims were lured by bad guys to Laos to work, then controlled, threatened, abused, beaten, and forced to call their families to send ransom money totaling up to 2.5 billion VND.

The victims were happy to return home to see their relatives.

The reception of victims who were tricked into going to Laos to work was carried out by the authorities of the two countries at the Cau Treo International Border Gate (Huong Son District, Ha Tinh). After completing the procedures, the victims were able to return to their families.

Believe the lure of "easy work, high salary"

When the Ha Tinh authorities rescued him from the hands of a "human trafficker" in Laos and brought him back to his family, Hoang Ba Duc A. (22 years old) and his younger brother Hoang Ba Quoc A. (19 years old, residing in Can Loc District) breathed a sigh of relief.

The victims after being rescued returned to their families.

Quoc A. said that nearly a year ago, he was attracted by invitations to work in Laos without a degree, "easy work, high salary" on social networks.

"They advised that the job only required taking care of customers on the computer, with a salary of 15-18 million VND per month. At that time, I read the comments and saw that many people also talked about this job, and that it was not tiring, so I trusted them and contacted them to work. However, when we arrived, my brother and I were forced to work 12 hours a day in a closed building, with strict security guards everywhere," Quoc A. recalled.

For the first few months, Quoc A., his brother, and a number of Vietnamese workers were paid their full salaries, but then they were controlled, threatened, abused, and beaten at a foreign-owned casino in the Bo Keo Special Economic Zone (Laos). For more than a month under house arrest, Quoc A. and other victims were "beaten" more than they were fed.

"Electric batons, iron rods... they used anything they could to beat us. They said if our families didn't send ransom money, they would sell us to Myanmar. Every day, we only got one meal," Quoc A. shuddered as he recounted.

According to Quoc A., every time he was asked to call his relatives to send ransom money, Quoc A. was beaten by the bad guys to "make him scream and spread more fear among his relatives".

"That was an extremely dark time, some people even wanted to seek death to escape. Luckily, we were rescued by the authorities in time. I hope that people need to be vigilant, do not listen to the enticements of bad guys inviting them to go to Laos to do light work with high salary," Quoc A. advised.

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