Reporter Pan Jingwei / Taichung report
▲ The 33-year-old Lin Nan was tortured to the point of insanity and was returned by a fraudulent group. A hole in his right foot festered and two teeth were broken, and he lost his bag on the streets of Westport. (Photo/Retrieved from Westport Diary)
Recently, Taiwanese have been lured to Cambodia, advertised with high salaries to recruit talents, and even included meals, housing, and air tickets. When the people arrived there, they became “pigs” of human trafficking and were slaughtered. A 33-year-old Lin from Taichung. The surnamed man was introduced to Cambodia through a friend in March this year, thinking that he might receive 70,000-90,000 yuan a month just by using a computer, but he was tortured and beaten to the point of insane when he arrived there, and was “returned” by a fraud group. Bone, even two teeth were broken, and they were discarded on the streets of Westport to fend for themselves. They were discovered by local Taiwanese businessmen on May 20. They contacted family members in Taiwan through channels. When he returned to Taiwan at the end of June, Lin Nan had dry skin and a dark expression Laxative and in a trance, he was 30 years old in an instant.
▲▼ A 33-year-old man surnamed Lin fell to the brink of death on the streets of Westport, Cambodia. The wound on his right foot had festered to the bone. Fortunately, a local Taiwanese businessman found it and rescued him in time. (Photo / provided by the public)
The father of the man surnamed Lin revealed in an interview with a Sanli News reporter that in June he received a notice from the governor that his 34-year-old son was a homeless man on the streets of Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Dying on the street, he was discovered by a local Taiwanese businessman on May 20 and rushed to the hospital for treatment. Lin’s father quickly asked the Taiwanese Business Association for help, and temporarily placed his son in a hotel in Phnom Penh through the pipeline, waiting for the passport to be taken back to Taiwan. He said that when he saw the photos sent back by the Taiwanese businessman, he mightn’t believe his eyes. The son, who was originally strong and fat, was deceived to Cambodia for three months, and was tortured to the point of being inhuman, thin and full of face. Beard and wrinkles, he looks like a 60-year-old man who has been through the vicissitudes of life.
▲ A 33-year-old man surnamed Lin was deceived into Cambodia and tortured to the point of being too thin and out of shape (left in the picture), and aged 30 years in an instant in 3 months. (Photo/Provided by family members)
Lin’s father said that his son went abroad to Cambodia on 3/28 and was suspected of being abused by cruel means.”When the bag was lost, he was already mentally ill, and it was useless for them (fraud group), so he threw it out as a homeless man. Fortunately, he was not sold to the KK Park. I think this is the luckiest place for my son.”, plus a chance encounter with a local kind-hearted Taiwanese businessman who rescued him and helped pay for medical expenses and air tickets, so that his son returned to Taiwan smoothly.
Recalling the situation of his son’s rescue, Lin’s father described it as really miserable. At that time, following his son received treatment from Sihanoukville Hospital, he was taken to a hotel in Phnom Penh by a Taiwanese businessman on June 24. He was very afraid of being arrested by the fraud group once more. It was not until he took a flight back to Taiwan that his mood stabilized a little. Father Lin took him around to seek medical treatment at the psychiatric department. As for what happened in Cambodia, Father Lin mightn’t bear to ask, “He probably knew he was wrong too.” Father Lin also revealed that, according to local Taiwanese businessmen, there are still more than 2,000 Taiwanese in Xigang.
