Beaten and starved, Malaysians forced to carry out online scams by armed men abroad


KUALA LUMPUR: They were beaten, starved and threatened with rape.

Held captive by armed men in a compound in Cambodia, Malaysians who were tricked by human trafficking syndicates into leaving the country had no choice but to work in their captors' online scams.

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