Job scam victim threatened with death if family doesn't pay RM30,000 ransom

KUALA LUMPUR: A 36-year-old man was threatened with death by a human trafficking syndicate if his family failed to pay a ransom of RM30,000 to a human-trafficking syndicate.

The man's sister known as Aini, 37 from Langkawi said her brother was working as a technician and was offered RM5,000 to carry goods daily from Bangkok with another colleague.