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SLBFE accused of failing to accept complaint against cheating job agent
A person who had been duped by a foreign job agent said that the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) declined to inquire into the complaint. “Instead, I was asked to lodge a complaint with the police,” he said.
The aggrieved party said that he visited the SLBFE office at Battaramulla seeking help as he felt the Special Investigation Division of the government institute could help him. According to him, a person who had appeared in teledramas and another took Rs 450,000 from him
promising employment for his son in Romania last year.Having failed to find employment as promised, the person concerned returned Rs 200,000. The duped person said that he expected the SLBFE to help him recover the remaining amount. (SF)