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Back|Hong Kong beautician gets 4 years for selling friends to Myanmar scam hub
Hong Kong beautician gets 4 years for selling friends to Myanmar scam hub
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SCMP Economy·1 hour ago·Crime·1 min read·🇨🇳China

Hong Kong beautician gets 4 years for selling friends to Myanmar scam hub

Judge Adriana Noelle Tse Ching condemned the defendant's 'vicious and inhumane' actions in luring friends into forced labor

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Hong Kong beautician Poon Sum-yi was sentenced to four years in prison for trafficking two friends into forced labour at the 'KK Park' scam compound in Myanmar after deceiving them with fake travel plans.

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The defendant sold two friends to a Chinese-run scam compound in Myanmar for US$54,000 in December 2024.

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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”.

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 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.

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