A handout photo shows Chong in a meeting with Lai and her mother.
KUCHING (May 3): A job scam victim here recounted what happened to her early this year in the hopes of seeing her story serve as a reminder for others not to fall prey to such scammers.
Identified as Lai, the victim was detained for over a month on the charge of illegal entry into Thailand by the authorities there.
She shared her story with state Democratic Action Party (DAP) chairman Chong Chieng Jen, who helped secure her return to the state, during a recent meeting at the latter’s legal firm here.
“Last week, I helped secure the return of Miss Lai from the detention of Thai authorities and on Sunday, she came to my office with her mother to express her gratitude for the help rendered,” Chong said in a statement yesterday.
Chong, who is Padungan assemblyman and Stampin MP, said Lai was promised a high-paying job in Bangkok, Thailand in January this year.
He said Lai then travelled to Kuala Lumpur to meet up with an agent and after that was brought illegally by land through the Malaysia-Thailand border to Bangkok.
Upon reaching Bangkok, she was driven to another rural town near the Cambodia border, he said.
“It was then she realised something was amiss about the whole situation. She then secretly escaped from the agent and returned to Bangkok.
“The Thai authorities arrested her and she was detained on the charge of illegal entry into Thailand,” said Chong.
He said Lai was…
