A YouTuber is at odds with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after he criticized the government's inaction regarding human trafficking of Taiwanese in Cambodia. In response, the Ministry said it thanked "all parties involved" for the assistance.
YouTuber "Hao Bang Bump" recently posted a video of the rescue of a Taiwanese person that was tricked into going to Dubai. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the YouTuber is lying to the public. The victim, Mr. Lin, was interviewed on the 18th during a livestream. Lin blasted Taiwan's commercial office in Dubai for not lifting a single finger to help him.
Lin Yu-chou, Victim: “Can you go to the police station yourself and have the police rescue us? In the end, they told me I was on my own. (The representative office in Dubai) said my passport hadn't arrived yet. At noon, the Presidential Office responded to me. (The office) called me that afternoon saying my passport was ready. Do you think that's a coincidence?”
Lin says he managed to escape by jumping off a building before he could be sold to a snakehead in Cambodia, and the Presidential Office helped him get a new passport. On the 18th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs thanked everyone for their help.
Joanne Ou, Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs: “Again, we thank everyone for your help. Everyone -- civic groups, the overseas community, and the government worked together. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on everyone to stand united to fight fraud and stamp out crime.”
A Kuomintang lawmaker helped rescue a 19-year-old man from Cambodian traffickers on the 18th. They were taken into custody on the jet bridge by aviation police when they arrived back in Taiwan. The lawmaker says the police could not give them a reason why they were being detained.
Hung Mong-kai, Legislator (KMT): “Not a word was said from beginning to end about us being taken in for questioning or to be debriefed. First, they said they were under orders. Then, they said they were taking the victim for his own good. Later, the reason changed to epidemic prevention.”
Wang Ting-yu, Legislator (DPP): “(The KMT lawmaker) obstructed the carriage of justice in Taiwan by investigating what was happening in Cambodia. Do they not know that criminal investigations are the police's business?”
Pan-blue lawmakers want to know why the police can arrest victims but not save or rescue victims. The aviation police officers did not have a warrant during the arrest. Pan-green lawmakers say investigations are the police's responsibility and the victim was arrested to make sure he isn't working with scam organizations.
網紅「好棒Bump」用影片揭露到杜拜救援被詐騙的台灣人，但日前遭外交部批評是以訛傳訛、誤導國人。18日晚間乾脆開直播與受害者林先生直接對話，抨擊駐外館零作為，甚至還要他們自己想辦法。
受害人林譽洲質疑：「你可不可以親自去警察局，帶警察把我們帶出去，最後跟我說，那你只能自己想辦法。他（駐杜拜台北商務辦事處）跟我說，護照還沒來，中午的時候，總統府回函給我（辦事處）下午就打電話，來跟我們說護照好了，會有這麼巧的事情嗎？」
受騙被困在杜拜的林先生，因人蛇集團要將他轉移到柬埔寨，因此跳樓逃生。之後遇到申辦護照受阻，直到總統府來函才有消息。而外交部18日記者會說，感謝各界協助救援
昨（18）日外交部發言人歐江安說：「我們再次感謝國內各界熱心的人士、民間組織、台商僑胞等，與政府群策群力。外交部呼籲，社會團結一致，讓我們共同打擊詐騙、杜絕犯罪。」
國民黨立委18日從柬埔寨救回1名19歲男子，但抵台後，航警在空橋爆發衝突，立委批評警方想把人直接帶走，但理由前後不一。
國民黨立委洪孟楷批評：「從頭到尾在現場都沒有講過，他要帶他去辦案或是偵訊，一開始說是上級交代，二來又說是保護當事者，再來又說是防疫考量。」
民進黨立委王定宇認為：「（國民黨立委）阻撓台灣警方偵辦柬埔寨相關的案件，難道他們不知道，偵辦刑事案件是警方的職責嗎？」
藍委批評，警方大陣仗到機場堵人，卻不能大陣仗救人，航警當時未出示任何偵搜文件，才認為應和一般旅客同進同出，而不是莫名被帶走。綠委認為，偵訊是警方的職責，目的要掌握此人是否為詐騙集團共犯。
