Trieu Hong Quan
In 2010, Quan went to Taiwan to work but failed to return to Vietnam at the end of his contract. In 2014, Quan went to the Taiwan National Immigration Agency to confess and was expelled to Vietnam. But then a year later, Quan went to the country as a tourist and began working illegally in Taiwan again.
In 2015, Quan met a Taiwanese boat owner during a trip back to hometown and the two of them started plotting smuggling labourers. The boat owner asked for USD5,000 per person for the trip from Fujian to Taiwan.
Quan set up a Facebook page to find customers, promising a safe route to Taiwan by disguising people as tourists to Fujian Province and then travelling by boat to Taiwan. The workers had to pay USD1,000 tọ USD1,200 in advance and hand over their passports and a copy of their IDs, the remaining USD5,000 would be paid to the boat owner.
Those who had been expelled and their acquaintances quickly contacted Quan after he started the Facebook page in order to go to Taiwan again.
By April 30, two customers of Quan had returned to Vietnam. One of them was expelled in late 2016 and it looks like the other one returned home on his own decision. However, the money they earned during the stay in Taiwan was still lower than the fees of USD6,000-6,200 they gave Quan and the boat owner.
Another of Quan's customer, Luong Quan The, was banned from entering Taiwan because he was caught entering the country illegally before. He contacted Quan in order to return to Taiwan but failed as he was intercepted by police.
Phu Tho Police is expanding the investigation.
