Ben Yeo

But most of them was from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal.

Some of them applied as a nurse, some of them applied as teachers, I think engineers, IT workers.

Most of them didn't have a choice.

They are, most of them are stuck there, you know?

So they will call the Indian people, do a spam call, and inform the victim that he has outstanding balance with his credit card.

So from credit card department, they will pass to the police, and the police will frighten them, saying that their bank account has been linked to drugs or murders and things like that.

And that's how they pry on the weak.

They isolated us, me and my wife.

They finally brought me into a room.

It was a specially made prison.

So they cuffed me to the floor.

They handcuffed me to the floor so I couldn't stand.

Of course, they didn't give me water and food.

It was really challenging at that time because I'm worried for my wife.

You know, I was handcuffed.

There were so many guards.

They wanted me to pay US$20,000 for them to release me and my wife.

All I could do was pray, you know.

In the darkest hours, I think that's where, you know, I found God.

We managed to hide the phone so that we would be able to give my parents the location of the place and what to tell the embassy and where we are at.