KUCHING: Federal police are to seek the assistance of Interpol to locate six Sarawakian men who are believed to have been duped into working in Cambodia.
Sarawak police chief Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said the request was made following police reports lodged by family members of the victims, aged between 19 and 39, from Kuching and Padawan.
“Initial investigations showed that they were offered lucrative salaries to work in Cambodia by employment agents.
“The victims went to Cambodia and once there, they realised they had been duped when they were forced to be part of a phone scam,” he said at a press conference here today.
In a separate development, he said a total of 666 fraud cases involving losses totalling RM17.8 million were recorded from January to March this year, an increase of 27.45% from the previous year.
“Police also recorded 50 investment scam cases, involving losses of RM2.5 million, impersonation scams (85 cases, RM1.8 million), Macau scams (48 cases, RM1.7 million), employment scams (58 cases, RM786,000) and non-existent loans (63 cases, RM419,000),” he added. - FMT
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