Cambodian embassy officials in Malaysia – in collaboration with the Malaysian immigration police – repatriated a Cambodian fisherman after finding him adrift at sea and rescuing him. The man said he jumped off the boat he was working on to escape from co-workers who intended to harm him, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said.
According to an August 15 notice, the Cambodian worker, Pei Poeurn, 41, originally hailed from Trabek commune’s Tralach Sar village in Prey Veng province’s Kamchay Mear district. He had gone to work illegally on a fishing boat in the Panchor area of Perak state in Malaysia after being hired through a broker in early 2020.
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