Julian Morgans

Are you willing to work? What would you say if it was you hanging from a hook for five days and nights? Personally, I'd have just said, sure, whatever, get me down. But Q, he's stronger than me.

Are you willing to work? What would you say if it was you hanging from a hook for five days and nights? Personally, I'd have just said, sure, whatever, get me down. But Q, he's stronger than me.

When Q opened his eyes, he was back in his dormitory on his bed. His clothes were still crusty from five days of blood, feces and urine, and his arms ached and he smelled terrible. But he was alive. Just.

When Q opened his eyes, he was back in his dormitory on his bed. His clothes were still crusty from five days of blood, feces and urine, and his arms ached and he smelled terrible. But he was alive. Just.

Q, can I ask, do your arms still give you any problems? Have your muscles returned to their full functionality?

Q, can I ask, do your arms still give you any problems? Have your muscles returned to their full functionality?

I mean, it's sort of like the worst place in the whole world, but these little glimmers of solidarity, of like human care, like the care that you guys showed each other, that's beautiful.

I mean, it's sort of like the worst place in the whole world, but these little glimmers of solidarity, of like human care, like the care that you guys showed each other, that's beautiful.

God. Okay, so then did they make you go and you had to get back to work?

God. Okay, so then did they make you go and you had to get back to work?

We're gonna take another ad break here, but when we come back, we're gonna look at how Q's message finally made its way to someone who could help. Welcome back. So as you'll remember, Q and his friends spent five days and nights in the dark room. But during this time, his SOS message had finally made its way to someone who could help, a Ugandan woman named Betty Begombi.

We're gonna take another ad break here, but when we come back, we're gonna look at how Q's message finally made its way to someone who could help. Welcome back. So as you'll remember, Q and his friends spent five days and nights in the dark room. But during this time, his SOS message had finally made its way to someone who could help, a Ugandan woman named Betty Begombi.

And Betty's kind of a big deal. For a while, she was the senior director of fragility, conflict and violence at the World Bank. And now these days, she's the high commissioner of Uganda to Malaysia. And she contacted Q on WhatsApp.

And Betty's kind of a big deal. For a while, she was the senior director of fragility, conflict and violence at the World Bank. And now these days, she's the high commissioner of Uganda to Malaysia. And she contacted Q on WhatsApp.

So the Chinese owners of the scammer farm wanted a ransom for each slave that they let go. But Uganda is a developing nation. So asking an average family to fork out $10,000 makes about as much sense as asking for a billion. So no one could pay and the weeks dragged on.

So the Chinese owners of the scammer farm wanted a ransom for each slave that they let go. But Uganda is a developing nation. So asking an average family to fork out $10,000 makes about as much sense as asking for a billion. So no one could pay and the weeks dragged on.

We've moved on here and we're now in the early months of 2024 and the compound management is still trying to figure out who has the phone. And eventually they tried a new technique. They decided to split up the group of Africans and sell them off to different farms around Myanmar.

We've moved on here and we're now in the early months of 2024 and the compound management is still trying to figure out who has the phone. And eventually they tried a new technique. They decided to split up the group of Africans and sell them off to different farms around Myanmar.

Isolation was bad, but getting booted out of Taichung was pretty scary because they thoroughly searched everyone as they left. But again, Q was able to smuggle out his phone. They checked us on the gate.

Isolation was bad, but getting booted out of Taichung was pretty scary because they thoroughly searched everyone as they left. But again, Q was able to smuggle out his phone. They checked us on the gate.