SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia: Trafficked, beaten and locked up far from his family in China, Lu was one of thousands of people in Cambodia forced to operate online scams to line their captors’ pockets.
Covid shutdowns had left the builder out of work, so when he heard he could earn US$2,000 (RM9,433) a month on a construction project in Cambodia, he jumped at the chance.
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