Friday, October 22, 2010

The Missing Chin Refugees Come Home



Kuala Lumpur: On 19 September; Jemin Aung, Sang Zel Thang and Biak Sang, who all are genuine recognised refugees with the office of UNHCR, had been gone reportedly missing near Plaza Metro Kajang where they were supposed to meet there with their friend who was on the way to pick them up there, said Mr. Veng Kam, an elder from the same village in Chin state, Myanmar.

It was tough times for families facing the very crucial condition of three men of Chin refugee missing, appearing that there seemed no traceable trend of search. 

Mr. Duh Hmung, who was working together with them two days ago before they’re lost, was suggesting that they could have been arrested and directly sent to the detention camp for a friend hurried to pick them up saw a lot of police patrolling around that area by the time he got there. Another specualtion is, they would be kept somewhere as ransom by the Indian boss for whom they have been working. 

Asked if reason of why they ran away from work, they couldn't help staying any longer without the pay they deserved and in addition to that, they eventually found out there's nothing more to get but to work as if a hard-labor only. Obviously, they were just working as slaves. When complaining to the boss, who claimed he paid Rm-500 agent fees for each of them to the Burmese guy, it appeared he didn't want to do anything they requested, continued in an interview.

So, the employer got to know about the prepared plan of runaway and locked them up in a room. They only could leave the room when it was time to work. However, they somehow they were able to manage to send messages to friends for help and to pick them up at Plaza Metro,Kajang. But friend didn't find them when getting there to pick them up at the said place.
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A week later, they reportedly came to the Chin refugee body in order to seek further help and advices to find what's happening about after a week of their exhausting search. At once, it was learnt that they were helped contacting Akka who took a lead to reach to Indian boss and told him the speculations over the whereabouts of the missing persons. After all, it seemed there's no positive outcome according to talks with the Akka, the so-called Burmese agent on the phone, citing the speculation was being clouded as their whereabouts remain untraceable. 

On the verge of tireless endeavor for farther search, there sprang up with very good news that the missing persons finally could make a way out from the two-week long lock-up of the Indian employer and got home on 09 October. It was reported that they ran away as soon as they could pick up their phones and UNHCR's cards which were kept in the hands of Indian man since they were caught back in front of Plaza Metro- where they were supposed to meet with their dated friend.  

It was precisely learnt that the Indian man had them worked and carried things on truck in which they suddenly happened to find their phones and UNHCR's cards and hurried running away fast just while the Indian man was doing some small stuffs inside the house. According to what the victims transpired during the interview, they do suspect of Burmese guy, Akka who made them moved to Indian man, was selling them to him as ransom.



by Simon

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