Bruneians Duped By Bogus Recruitment
By M K Anwar

Bandar Seri Begawan - The lack of employment opportunities has led several Bruneians to look for greener pastures abroad. However, this was not the case for several Bruneians who reportedly applied for non-existing posts.

According to The New Strait Times, about 800 applicants responded to an advertisement for work as flight attendants or cabin crews with an international airline Cathay Pacific, which is based in Hong Kong.

Applicants turned up for the first interview in midOctober in Petaling Jaya and 100 applicants were shortlisted for a second interview.

However, they were asked to pay some RM500 for registration fees by November and also a further RM 5,000 as bond for their training, which was scheduled to begin on November 13.

The bond was to ensure that applicants would continue to work for the company after completing the training programme.

Most of these short-listed candidates were sceptical about the deal as it sounded too good to be true. After they had contacted the international airline company, they were told that the Cathay Pacific was not carrying out such a recruitment programme.

Cathay Pacific Airlines Ltd Country Manager (Brunei and Malaysia) Angela Liew, was quoted as saying in The Star newspaper, that the airline was not carrying out a recruitment exercise in Malaysia.

"We have not been carrying out such a drive for the past 10 years and we don't intend to do so in the near future," she said, adding that the airline would not hire an agency to conduct interviews.

Besides Bruneians, people from Sabah and Sarawak had fallen victim to the bogus scam.-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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