When Tsang boarded a plane from Hong Kong to Thailand for what he thought was to meet his girlfriend in-person for the first time, he had no idea the traumatising experience that awaited him.
Tsang is among dozens of others who have gone missing in Southeast Asia, allegedly lured by promises of employment or online love scams.
"The Chinese embassies and consulates in the relevant countries are maintaining close communication with the governments of the countries in which they are stationed, actively searching and rescuing individuals. It follows reports of several people from Taiwan also allegedly being forced into labour exploitation in countries like Cambodia and Myanmar.
"The fact that we have a world where people are moving around constantly for work means that there is this opportunity to abuse victims by exploiting them with opportunities that don't exist, or by presenting those opportunities in a better light than the reality," she said. "So while it's important to bring visibility to these really extreme examples of abuse, it's really also important to remind ourselves of the spectrum of exploitation and then victims across the spectrum are entitled to some sort of compensation."
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