World News | Three Nepalese women fleeing coercive Chinese employers in Laos, return home but still feel unsafe

Kathmandu [Nepal]China News Service, January 4th, according to Xinhua News Agency, three Nepalese women Lalita, Juna and Rojita who left Nepal to work in Laos managed to get rid of the tough Chinese employers there and returned to their own country, but still felt uncomfortable. Safety. Kathmandu Post.

Three Nepalese women were lured to Laos by the promise of free meals and transport. However, upon arrival in Laos, the women were asked to work under false identities on social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and WhatsApp.

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They were asked to scam rich English-speaking men from the US, Canada, Australia and the UK. The women worked from 11:00 pm to 10:30 am with only one hour break at 4:30 am.

“We felt trapped. You see, as Buddhists, we have never deceived anyone in our life,” Lalita was quoted as saying by the Kathmandu Post.

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The women were mentally tortured after refusing to comply with the conditions of their employers. They eventually escaped the center with the help of friends and family.

After returning to Nepal on December 21, the trio submitted their first investigation report to the Nepal Police Anti-Human Trafficking Bureau.

As a result, the police arrested two Chinese agents on December 22. The agents were Chen Yang, 30, a permanent resident of Sichuan, China, and Ruan Chaohong, 33, from Fujian.

The two are now in judicial custody at Sundhara Central Prison, according to the Kathmandu Post.

However, the three Nepalese women have been receiving threats to their lives since the arrest of two Chinese men in Nepal.

“Although we survived, the Chinese are looking for us through their agents, perhaps for revenge, because they feel that we have ruined their business by reporting the incident to the police,” Lalita said, as quoted by the Kathmandu Post like that.

Lalita said she is still in touch with Chinese workers at the Lao call center, who continue to face exploitation.

“Last week, a Chinese friend of mine told me that four more Nepalese were recruited. I was worried what would happen to them,” Lalita said.

Mara, a spokesman for the Anti-Human Trafficking Agency, said the call center in Laos had taken two dozen Nepalese hostages. “We are still investigating and doing our best to rescue them,” he said.

Lalita’s husband, Rajan, fears that the Chinese agents who deceived Lalita will be released at any time. We are concerned that those Chinese may have links with other Chinese and Nepali political leaders and they may make life difficult for us,” he said. (ANI)

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