Bangladeshi’s tricked into forced labour in Cambodia
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An investigative by the Bangladeshi authorities has revealed that above 100 Bangladeshi workers are in a forced labour condition found in Cambodia.
Those Bangladeshi workers were trafficked to Cambodia on Sticker/Stamp visas showing them as tourists or visitors by Bangladeshi recruiting agencies and their brokers located in Dhaka, Singapore and Bangkok, the investigation, completed by the Ministry of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Job revealed.
Some of the trafficking victims returned to Bangladesh after suffering their ordeals and others were in Cambodia found in difficult circumstances, said EWOE Ministry officials.
Brokers allegedly collected go to visa stamps from the Cambodian embassies found in India, Singapore, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar and Australia and hired the personnel of Bangladesh alluring them with great jobs in Cambodia, they said.
At one levels, the agents realised ransom funds from the victims’ relatives in Bangladesh by torturing them, the record alleged.
A good three member team led by Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment ministry joint secretary Jahangir Alam visited Cambodia from February 16 to 21 to research the matter.
The team found that Bangladeshi national Moin Uddin and Singapore national, recognized only as Khoo, opened a construction company called EC Builders in Cambodia and recruited over 100 staff from Bangladesh with Sticker/Stamp visas showing them as tourists, visitors and businessmen.
As owners of the EC Builder didn't provide the personnel legal documents, the personnel lodged complaints to Cambodian police who turn off the company’s business office, said the probe statement of the EWOE Ministry.
Victims Pangkaj Biswas, Rabindranath Kundu, Zakir and Mohan informed the EWOE Ministry team that Bangladeshi recruiting organization Port City International Limited owner Abdur Rahman took Tk 3 to 4 lakh from each victim and sent them to Cambodia after keeping them looking forward to one year.
A huge selection of Bangladeshi nationals found in collaboration with Malaysians opened fake joint firms to recruit workers from Bangladesh with false claims, the report said. New Age
Source: https://www.khmertimeskh.com
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