The China Post--The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday warned Taiwanese seeking employment opportunities overseas to be on guard against work scams following a recent incident in Singapore in which two women were tricked and nearly forced to work in a hostess bar.
There have been several cases recently involving victims falling for overseas job schemes, MOFA said in a statement.
Two Taiwanese women who, via an employment agency, signed contracts with a Singaporean company for administrative positions were asked to work in a hostess bar after arriving in the city-state.
They refused to accept the job and demanded to return to Taiwan. Their employers, however, refused to return the women's passports and threatened them with a penalty fee if they were to quit, the MOFA official said. Full story
