‘Victims’ who are scammers


NOT all Malaysians rescued from job scams overseas are real “victims”, as some had gone abroad to work as scammers themselves and got stranded there, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

Although many people had been genuinely victimised by job syndicates, the Home Minister stated that some people wanted to be a part of such rackets overseas.

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