When the job is too good to pass up


Healing turns to nightmare: Santoso planned to escape his personal problems by applying for a job located in Laos, but it turned out to be a scam (JP/Yohana Belinda). (JP/Yohana Belinda)

“It was all my fault, my stupidity in accepting the job as a scammer since I needed to run away from my life after dealing with some personal issues,” says Santoso, an English literature graduate.

He had intended to pursue a higher education degree by applying for a master’s in film or a working holiday visa to Melbourne and to pay for it he accepted an “administrative job” offering a monthly salary of 17 million rupiah (RM5,230) in the Golden Triangle area of Laos.

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