25 Taiwanese busted for phone scam in Thailand (NZ news link) - why do so many do this?

[DKaoshuing]

@Mr.Lin

Reminds me of some rich Taiwanese Canadian with dual nationality and real estates in both countries wondering why other Taiwanese don’t leave Taiwan for Canada.

Because most Taiwanese people don’t have rich parents to get them dual nationality and real estates in Taiwan and the other country (usually it’s the U.S., Canada, Australia, etc) and then take advantage of both sides, dodge the duties and obligations of both sides, and at the same time talk trash about both sides.

Yeah, we all know that the minimum wages in the aforementioned countries are 1.5 to 2.5 times (depending on which occupation and tax system) higher than that of Taiwan, but telling Taiwanese people to leave Taiwan really isn’t solving any problem or changing anything.

Not telling anyone to leave, just saying that instead of going out and being a criminal, there are other legal working options.

[nnnnnnnnnnnn]

Lucky boys! - getting a free trip to China.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/foreign-affairs/2017/07/27/499681/taiwan-has.htm

[afterspivak]

@nnnnnnnnnnnn

From the China Post article linked above: “three more alleged participants in the scam [are] set to be departed to China later this week”

Being “departed” to China–I guess that’s one way to put it.

Guy

[nnnnnnnnnnnn]

I don’t mind which verb they use as long as these bastards end up on the mainland. In my book blackmailing innocent people is a particularly egregious crime. I sincerely hope they’ll be forced to come face to face with some of their victims, where a swift kick in the bollocks wouldn’t come amiss before they’re sent off to the labour camp. Please don’t tell me they had to resort to blackmail because they couldn’t find a job in Taiwan.

[Chris]

“We deeply regret to see that Cambodia deported Taiwanese nationals to mainland China,” Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Eleanor Wang told a news conference in Taipei.

How is it Taiwan’s fault that Cambodia deported them to China? It’s like saying “We feel deeply apologetic that…”

[monkey_yuan]

@DKaoshuing

Also as mentioned before, it is too bad the salary is so low in Taiwan but sometimes young Taiwanese need improve their working skills to deserve a better salary (I just returned from Melbourne and NZ, and surprised a bit to see the working skills gap between Taiwan and Mainland Chinese immigrants/students in that how far behind Taiwanese are, makes me feel not well and worry about long term future in TW.

What are you talking about? The taiwanese in Australia make dumplings and scam phone calls just as fast as the mainlanders do.

[yyy]

It’s a multi-purpose word.

[schwarzwald]

Tortured Malaysian saved from Taiwanese call scam

[wafflestop]

@DKaoshuing

I story after news story, about Taiwanese arrested for fraud (mostly via phone), seems like in the 1,000’s within the past year. Anyone know why so many people are part of this, as most are not arrested, the number of people doing must be much more than reported (which is already a lot!)

MONEY!

[Dr_Milker]

@afterspivak

Being “departed” to China–I guess that’s one way to put it.

The writer must be a fan of the TV series.