In late January, the netizen received advance notice of a raid, retrieved his passport, and successfully evacuated from the Golden Lion compound in Sihanoukville. By early February, the company arranged for those with passports to enter Malaysia through paid customs clearance to resume their illicit operations. Meanwhile, colleagues left behind in Sihanoukville without passports were eventually arrested by Cambodian authorities while working for other fraud rings.
Among those arrested were several of his acquaintances from his hometown, who have since been deported and sentenced to prison. The netizen admitted he knew they would report his involvement to the police in exchange for lighter sentences. In June, his family contacted him, urging him to return, but he chose to cut off all communication. By July, after remaining abroad and unresponsive, police officially placed him on the wanted list with a blue-background mugshot.
Although he never told anyone back home about his whereabouts, he assumes the police can track his exit from Cambodia and entry into Malaysia. He now goes to work every day while secretly observing his colleagues' attitudes, believing the company is still unaware of his wanted status. He noted that if the company finds out, they would not hesitate to sell him out or use him as a scapegoat.
For now, he plans to keep a low profile within the company, mentally prepared for the possibility of being arrested in Malaysia alongside his coworkers.
