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