The self-proclaimed "Buddhist of Xi'an" is involved in human trafficking! Vietnamese woman lures three mother and son to come to Taiwan to work illegally

Claiming to be "the reincarnation of gods and Buddhas", can he still rely on the power of religion to cure diseases? The Changhua District Prosecutor's Office investigated the case of a 44-year-old woman surnamed Ruan who used to preach under the guise of "Xi'an Buddhist Master" and announced more details of the prosecution today (5th). Prosecutors pointed out that Nguyen had long been spreading doomsday theories such as war and natural disasters that would destroy the world. She even claimed that following the master's work was doing good and would lead to salvation in the future. She induced three Vietnamese mothers and four minor children to come to Taiwan to "practice". In fact, they were arranged to work for free on farms and restaurants. It was not until the children's biological father came across the sea to Taiwan for help that the four were rescued.

The indictment pointed out that Ruan Nv was originally from Vietnam. She married Xie Nan in 2004 (divorced in 2010), but obtained nationality in 2008 and remarried Xu Nan in 2019. After that, she planted pears and peppers in Zhuolan, Miaoli, ran a restaurant in Tianwei, Changhua, and used her accomplice Weng Nv to use a snack bar in Gongliao, New Taipei Province as a religious base.

She has been preaching under the name "Xi'an Buddhist Master" through Facebook and TikTok for a long time, claiming to be the reincarnation of gods and Buddhas, claiming that diseases can be cured through the power of religion, and spreading rumors that large-scale wars and natural disasters will break out in the world to attract followers. Because she frequently travels to Taiwan and Vietnam to preach, her relevant remarks were deemed by the Vietnamese government to involve religious fraud and misleading, and she was banned from entering the country on July 13, 2023. However, there are still believers who continue to follow her.

Prosecutors found that since February this year, Nguyen was suspected of indoctrinating believers to believe that "working according to Master's instructions is doing good deeds" and "you can be saved when the world is destroyed" due to lack of work in the farming and catering industries. She lured three Vietnamese mothers and four underage children to come to Taiwan to "practice".

According to the prosecution, Ruan Nu immediately forcibly withheld the documents, blocked contact between the teenagers and their biological fathers, and assigned four teenagers to work for free at Zhuolan Farm, Tianwei Restaurant and Gongliao Snack Shop to engage in severe labor exploitation. It wasn't until the child's biological father noticed something was wrong, that he crossed the sea and came to Taiwan to report the case and assist in the search. The prosecutors and the Immigration Department formed a special team to rescue four teenagers one after another in May this year.

The prosecutor filed a petition to court, but the Changhua District Court ruled that Ruan should pay bail of NT$200,000 and be restricted from leaving the country, traveling overseas, and living in the country. The whole case was concluded in September this year. The prosecutor believed that Ruan Nu took advantage of the situation where others were unable to seek help for enslavement. She was prosecuted under the Criminal Code, seduction, quasi-seduction, and the Human Trafficking Prevention Act.