{"id":68183,"date":"2025-03-16T10:40:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T05:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=68183"},"modified":"2025-03-16T10:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T05:40:24","slug":"hundreds-of-pakistanis-stranded-in-cambodia-employment-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/hundreds-of-pakistanis-stranded-in-cambodia-employment-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of Pakistanis stranded in Cambodia employment scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">PHNOM PENH: The<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">huge<\/span> employment scam has <span class=\"diff-highlight\">trapped<\/span> hundreds o<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/health\/cambodian-girl-dies-from-bird-flu\/\">f Pakistanis in Cambodia<\/a>, many <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">whom<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">were<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">subjected<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> violence and hostage situations.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">Speaking<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">through<\/span> social media<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">perpetrators<\/span> lure jobless youth with promises of <span class=\"diff-highlight\">jobs<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> IT, call <span class=\"diff-highlight\">centers<\/span>, and engineering<span class=\"diff-highlight\">.<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/scam-alert-hec-warns-against-scammers-offering-degree-attestation-services\/\"> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">scammers<\/span> <\/a>have been targeting Pakistanis in Lahore and Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>H<span class=\"diff-highlight\">owever<\/span>, u<span class=\"diff-highlight\">pon<\/span> arrival in Cambodia<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> the victims have <span class=\"diff-highlight\">had<\/span> their passports <span class=\"diff-highlight\">taken<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">away<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">from<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">them<\/span> and <span class=\"diff-highlight\">have<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">been<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">made<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> work <span class=\"diff-highlight\">illegally<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> fraudulent call centers and <span class=\"diff-highlight\">labor<\/span> in remote areas.<\/p>\n<p>The situation is dire, with over 20 Pakistanis, including a woman, deported from Cambodia with emergency travel documents in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The Karachi Anti-Human Trafficking Circle has <span class=\"diff-highlight\">filed<\/span> two cases and initiated <span class=\"diff-highlight\">fourteen<\/span> inquiries based on <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> testimonies from the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">deportees<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Cambodian authorities have launched an operation <span class=\"diff-highlight\">whereby<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">they<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">have<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">rescued<\/span> over <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">hundred<\/span> Pakistanis from these <span class=\"diff-highlight\">centres<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">;<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">however<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> many remain <span class=\"diff-highlight\">stuck<\/span> in remote regions, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">allegedly<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">taken<\/span> hostage and <span class=\"diff-highlight\">made<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">work<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">testimonies<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> repatriated <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Pakistanis<\/span> have <span class=\"diff-highlight\">directed<\/span> local authorities <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">existence<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> other Pakistanis in the country who need to be rescued. <span class=\"diff-highlight\">A<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">majority<\/span> of the victims are <span class=\"diff-highlight\">assumed<\/span> to be from Punjab province <span class=\"diff-highlight\">but<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">are<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">not<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">credited<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">with<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">official<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">data<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Investigation Agency is <span class=\"diff-highlight\">probing<\/span> the scam <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> officials <span class=\"diff-highlight\">confirmed<\/span> that <span class=\"diff-highlight\">it<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">is<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">believed<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> foreigners based in Karachi and Lahore <span class=\"diff-highlight\">may<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">be<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">part<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> the network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHNOM PENH: The huge employment scam has trapped hundreds of Pakistanis in Cambodia, many of whom were subjected to violence and hostage situations. Speaking through social media, the perpetrators lure jobless youth with promises of jobs in IT, call centers, and engineering. The scammers have been targeting Pakistanis in Lahore and Karachi. However, upon arrival [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":68184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27201,27202],"class_list":["post-68183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-cambodia-employment-scam","tag-hundreds-of-pakistanis-stranded-in-cambodia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68185,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68183\/revisions\/68185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}