The group of Vietnamese who escaped Cambodia. (Photo courtesy of An Giang Border Guard)According to their testimony, a total of 42 people tried to escapefrom a casino in Sampeou Poun commune, Kaoh Thom district, Kandal province inCambodia and swam across Binh Ghi River to return to Vietnam.
They said they had previously fled to Cambodia to work at acasino. Their job was to make online games and go to social media websites atthe instruction of the people at the casino but they were constantly forced towork overtime without any payment.
According to Major Le Ngoc Tuan from Long Binh Border GuardStation, the group comprised 35 men and five women, whose identities have notbeen verified.
Some have sustained minor injuries. One person is missing andanother 16-year-old male from Kon Tum province was caught by the casino staffin the attempt to escape.
The An Giang Border Guard Command is organising the search for themissing person and coordinating with the provincial police, military and the AnPhu District People's Committee to verify and handle the incident. Those withminor injuries are receiving medical attention.
All 40 people who made it to Vietnam have been tested for COVID-19and the results were negative.
Recently, many Vietnamese have been tricked into working inCambodia. They are often promised jobs with lavish payments but are actuallysold to gambling and virtual currency trading organisations where they areexploited.
Many people have to pay a large sum of money in order to returnhome.
In the first six months of this year, the Vietnamese policecoordinated with Cambodian authorities to rescue more than 250 cases of peoplebeing tricked into working illegally./.
VNA
