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Hong Kong beautician gets 4 years for selling friends to Myanmar scam hub
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A Hong Kong beautician has been sentenced to four years in jail for tricking two friends into forced labour and confinement in Myanmar's notorious "KK Park" scam farm, with a judge slamming her actions as "vicious and inhumane".
Key facts
- District Court Judge Adriana Noelle Tse Ching on Tuesday said the 33-year-old defendant, Poon Sum-yi, had premeditated the fraudulent scheme to lure the two victims into travelling to Thailand, before selling them to the Chinese-run scam
- A Hong Kong beautician has been sentenced to four years in jail for tricking two friends into forced labour and confinement in Myanmar's notorious "KK Park"
- informed the women they would only be released if they paid a US$500,000 ransom or helped the syndicate bilk the same amount from wealthy overseas Chinese.
- Poon later told the pair that she bought them tickets for a flight to Thailand on Dec 27, 2024, and that they would return the following night.
Summary
District Court Judge Adriana Noelle Tse Ching on Tuesday said the 33-year-old defendant, Poon Sum-yi, had premeditated the fraudulent scheme to lure the two victims into travelling to Thailand, before selling them to the Chinese-run scam compound in neighbouring Myanmar for US$54,000 (1.8 million baht) in December 2024.
The two victims - unemployed Peng Xinying and part-time model Liu Bingbing - were Poon's friends and were initially invited by her to join her on a trip to Japan or Canada.