DNA test confirms identity of Malaysian work scam victim in Thailand


Goi Chee Kong and his wife from Ipoh, Perak when met in Bangkok. The Malaysian couple who travelled to Bangkok to look for their missing son was left heartbroken to find out their eldest child had passed away on May 11 at Mae Sot Hospital near the Thailand-Myanmar border.- Bernama

BANGKOK: A deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test confirmed the man who died at Mae Sot Hospital near the Thailand-Myanmar border last May was Malaysian Goi Zhen Feng, who was believed to be a victim of a job fraud syndicate.

The result of the DNA test showed that Goi Chee Kong is (99.99%) the biological father of the victim.

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