00:00Some Indonesian nationals were rescued by POGO in Manila.
00:05Four Chinese suspects were also arrested by the authorities.
00:08Denise Osorio is in the center of the news.
00:13Twenty-seven Indonesian citizens were rescued by a famous Philippine offshore gaming operator, POGO Company.
00:22They were rescued by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, or PAOC, and the Indonesian Embassy last night
00:30from their base in Kandaon Tower, Pasay City.
00:34According to the victims, they asked for a loan from the authorities
00:39because they haven't been paid their salary since last month
00:44after they refused the company's transfer plan to Cambodia.
00:52But four days ago, I was shocked that the company will transfer to Cambodia.
01:00They said, oh, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, until there is no ending.
01:06That's why today, we were going there, we went there, but still the same, tomorrow, tomorrow, and I don't have my rights right now.
01:15Alias Satria added, the people who agreed to go to Cambodia were already in their huts.
01:21But the victims insisted that they were being taken care of inside their barracks.
01:26From the morning, we started working at 10 a.m., and after that, we went home to work at 10 p.m.
01:33For food, we went to Trinh every day.
01:36The problem is, they even have a tourist visa on their passports, and they don't know what's going on.
01:44Their company holds all the documents of the employees, especially the passports.
01:51The first day we were working there, we surrendered our passport.
01:55The company, the one, hold it.
01:58So, after the first day you got hired, we don't know what happened.
02:03Our passport is valid or extended month by month, we don't know.
02:08Most of them would rather go back to Indonesia, and even give them their salary.
02:15We don't know why this is happening.
02:18I just want to go back to my country safe, and we get our rights.
02:23According to the victims, they were only allowed to enter the company through a referral, and they were offered a high salary.
02:32According to PAOK, four Chinese suspects are currently under their custody and are being investigated.
02:39One of them has a warrant of arrest.
02:42Denise Osorio for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
