KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 17 -- The Home Ministry has identified five key factors for why Malaysians are still being tricked into forced-labour situations by job syndicates in Cambodia despite years of warning.

In a written reply to Padang Serai MP Datuk Azman Nasrudin, the ministry said Malaysians were still being deceived into travelling abroad by syndicates offering fake employment.

The five factors the ministry provided were:

1. Enticing pay for easy work

Many are drawn to purported job offers that promise lucrative monthly salaries of US$1,000 to US$3,000 (over RM4,000 to over RM12,000) for supposedly easy roles such as customer service officer, investment officer, or call centre operator.

Those facing financial pressures, the ministry...