Teen swindled by job scam

Free at last: (From right) Koh with his mother Loke and Ch’ng walking through the Penang International Airport in Bayan Lepas, Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: Teenager Koh Sheng Yur was made to run five laps around a football field and carry a barrel of water weighing 7kg up and down six flights of stairs if he failed to deceive China citizens in a phone scam.

Recollecting his ordeal in Myanmar, Koh, 19, from Pahang, said he saw a job offer on Facebook and was motivated to contact them as the monthly salary offered was RM5,000.