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Two more trafficked migrant workers die in Cambodian scam centers
On April 4th, Cambodian police discovered Ihwan unconscious on the side of the road. He was naked and had multiple injuries across his body, and was promptly rushed to a local hospital.
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Alleged victims of scam centers board a boat to cross the river on the Myanmar-Thai border to be met by Thai soldiers as they are repatriated from Kyauk Khet in Myanmar's Myawaddy township on Feb. 12, 2025. More than 260 people, many visibly injured or bruised, were rescued from an illicit scam center along the Myanmar border this week and handed over to Thailand, following a series of crackdowns on the illegal operations. (AFP/-)
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wo more Indonesian migrant workers, coerced into working in online scam centers in Cambodia, have died, amid an alarming surge in reports of Indonesians being lured and trapped into human trafficking schemes abroad.
The family of Rizal Sampurna, a 30-year-old migrant worker from Banyuwangi, East Java, received confirmation on Sunday from both the Foreign Ministry and the Migrant Workers Protection Ministry that he had died.
The family had been desperately trying to locate Rizal after an unidentified individual visited their home earlier this month, providing them with unverified information about his reported death.
“The government has informed us that they received Rizal’s death certificate signed by Cambodian authorities. The family is shocked and deeply saddened by the news,” said the family’s legal representative, Bagus Abu Bakar, in a statement on Monday, as quoted by Kompas.com.
Bagus also confirmed that Rizal’s body is currently being stored in a morgue in Cambodia, and the Indonesian government will assist in repatriating his remains.
The exact cause of Rizal’s death remains unclear.
According to Migrant Workers Protection Minister Abdul Kadir Karding, Rizal left for Cambodia in October of last year with 20 others, without informing his family.
