PKR's Wangsa Maju MP Tan Yee Kew said that a 37-year-old Malaysian, believed to have been detained by a Cambodian syndicate, was freed following widespread coverage of his case in the media.

On March 30, Tan told the media that complainant Wong Choon Ling had received a call from her son, Lai, who said he was trapped in Cambodia and forced by a syndicate to commit online fraud or pay RM20,000 to be allowed to return to Malaysia.

“I received a call from...