Two job scam victims in Myanmar return home after six-month ordeal

SEPANG: Two more job scam victims have returned to Malaysia after six months of being forced to work as online scammers in Myawaddy, Myanmar. For 29-year-old Sarawakian man who only wanted to be known as Lau, he said the hellish experience began at the end of last year. "I had been working in Singapore for six years...

Two job scam victims in Myanmar return home after six-month ordeal

SEPANG: Two more job scam victims have returned to Malaysia after six months of being forced to work as online scammers in Myawaddy, Myanmar. For 29-year-old Sarawakian man who only wanted to be known as Lau, he said the hellish experience began at the end of last year. "I had been working in Singapore for six years...

New York returns 30 pillaged relics to Cambodia and Indonesia

PHNOM PENH/NEW YORK (AFP): New York prosecutors said Friday they had returned to Cambodia and Indonesia 30 antiquities that were looted, sold or illegally transferred by networks of American dealers and traffickers. The antiquities were valued at a total of US$3 million, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said. Bragg said in a statement that he had returned...

Thai king’s second son says will return from US to stay in kingdom

BANGKOK: Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn's second son has said he wants to return to the kingdom permanently after living abroad for more than two decades, in an interview published on Thursday (March 21). Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse grew up in the United States following his parents' divorce in the 1990s, but he made an unexpected visit to Thailand...