Hong Kong beautician gets 4 years for selling friends to Myanmar scam hub
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…
A 33-year-old Hong Kong beautician, Poon Sum-yi, has been sentenced to four years in prison for orchestrating a fraudulent scheme to lure two friends into forced labor and confinement at a notorious scam farm in Myanmar. District Court Judge Adriana Noelle Tse Ching called Poon's actions "vicious and inhumane," emphasizing the court's need to impose a severe penalty as a deterrent.
The two victims, Peng Xinying and Liu Bingbing, were tricked by Poon into traveling to Thailand, where they were subsequently sold to a Chinese-run scam compound in Myanmar for $54,000 in December 2024.
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