Malaysia sets up special committee to help job scam victims
A multi-agency special committee led by Malaysia's foreign ministry will be formed to ensure Malaysians who are victims of job scam syndicates and are stranded in other countries are brought home safely.
Abdul Latiff Ahmad, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Special Functions (Photo: malaymail.com/Shafwan Zaidon)
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) - A multi-agencyspecial committee led by Malaysia's foreign ministry will be formed toensure Malaysians who are victims of job scam syndicates and arestranded in other countries are brought home safely.
Abdul Latiff Ahmad, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department forSpecial Functions, said the decision to establish the special committeewas agreed upon at the September 21 Cabinet meeting.
“The issue was seriously discussed and the government is very concerned aboutthe plight of Malaysians stranded in these countries and their worriedfamilies.
"The establishment of the special committee is evidence of thegovernment's commitment to ensuring that the Malaysianvictims are brought home safely”, he said in a statement on September 21.
One day earlier, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the government wouldensure that Malaysians who have fallen victim to job scams in severalcountries are brought home safely and efforts were being made throughcertain channels for this purpose.
As of September 12, the number of victims of fake job syndicates who had beenrescued from Cambodia totalled 143 from the 158 cases reported, apart from 16Malaysians rescued from Thailand, 27 from Laos and five from Myanmar.
Dr Abdul Latiff advised Malaysians to contact theForeign Ministry if they received any job offers from overseas to ensure theoffers are legit so as not to get caught in fraud scams./.
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Abdul Latiff Ahmad, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Special Functions (Photo: malaymail.com/Shafwan Zaidon) 
