Malaysian sufferer of human trafficking dies in northern Thailand

A Malaysian couple travelled to Thailand on Tuesday to search for their son but came upon that he died at Mae Sot Hospital in Tak province, northern Thailand, on May eleven. The 23 year old man is believed to have fallen sufferer to a job rip-off and trafficked to Myanmar. The hospital said Zhan had been “abused.”
Zhan Feng, from Malaysia, travelled to Thailand to fulfill a friend he met on social media in January. He told his mother and father, 50 12 months previous Chee Kong and forty five 12 months old Ipoh Perak, that he could be back in Malaysia for his mother’s birthday. When he didn’t present up, Chee filed a lacking particular person report for his son two days in a while February 7.
Chee and Ipoh obtained a name from Zhan on March 31. Worldwide told them he was in Mae Sot in Tak province in and needed 650,000 baht (RM80,000) for medical treatment. Chee and Ipoh said the telephone call sounded as if Zhan was being monitored or threatened. They believed he fell sufferer to a job scam and filed a police report on April 2.
The hospital informed Zhan’s parents that Zhan was admitted to Mae Sot hospital on April 11 underneath a pretend name and fake passport number. The doctors informed Zhan’s dad and mom they believed Zhan had been taken to Myawaddy, throughout the border in Myanmar, and compelled to work by a human trafficking gang. The doctors mentioned he had been “abused.”
Zhan was admitted to the ICU and spent one month in hospital before he died on May 11. However, as a result of Zhan entered the hospital under a pretend identity, the Malaysian embassy was not capable of contact his household whereas he was unwell or inform them of his dying.
Having not heard from Zhan in months, his mother and father travelled to Thailand on August 30 to search for their son within the hopes of taking him again to Malaysia for medical therapy, which is after they found out that Zhan had died.
An NGO organized for Zhan to be buried at a cemetery in Sri Racha province after his demise. Zhan’s dad and mom wished to take his ashes again to Malaysia however had been told they needed to pay the remaining 325,000 baht (RM40,000) of Zhan’s hospital invoice earlier than gaining access to his dying certificate and stays.
A fundraising marketing campaign was launched on Friday to assist Zhan’s dad and mom pay the invoice. In 22 hours, donations had already exceeded the fundraising target and the invoice was settled right now.
Zhan’s mother and father hope to have their son cremated this week and take his ashes house to Malaysia by Thursday.
Chee and Ipoh hope Zhan’s story will act as a cautionary story to children to not fall for job scams..