Malaysia to prioritise job scam issue as Asean chair, says Deputy Foreign Minister

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Malaysia, as this year’s Asean chair, will continue to highlight the issue of job scam syndicates operating across Southeast Asia to combat the problem, said Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Mohamad Alamin.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4zz7axkn   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00And is there a job scam syndicate issue that is seen to have no solution,

00:04will become Malaysia's burden as ASEAN's negotiator this year?

00:07Thank you, Tan Sri Speaker.

00:09Regarding the job scam issue raised by Tan Pin as well,

00:14it is also part of our main focus this year,

00:18even in the retreat of foreign ministers of ASEAN directly in Langkawi,

00:24this issue has just been raised,

00:26that we will make it a focus that will be discussed.

00:29We know that this issue has also been raised

00:33in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia,

00:37then it was also raised in Vintian, Laos.

00:41So this issue has also been raised this year,

00:43and we know that this has just happened.

00:46Tan Sri Speaker,

00:48there was an incident

00:53where Myanmar released almost 320 ASEAN citizens

01:05who were involved in the job scam in Myanmar.

01:07So how will we increase this cooperation?

01:10And indeed there is cooperation when they release this.

01:13And all my colleagues have been placed in Thailand,

01:17they are placed in Thailand through the National Referral Mechanism

01:24to check their identities,

01:28how far their involvement is,

01:30and also our citizens.

01:33God willing, after the process is completed,

01:35all these victims will be sent back to their respective countries.

01:40The point here is that this job scam issue will not be silent.

01:44As long as it is an ASEAN issue, it will also be raised and discussed,

01:48and we will find the best way

01:51to solve this more challenging problem this time.

01:54We will also increase the cooperation between ASEAN countries

01:59through ASEAN Chiefs of National Police,

02:01especially ASEANPOL.

02:02How do we counter the fraud syndicate

02:05and the job scam that is happening in Southeast Asia?

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