Two Myanmar armed groups — the Karen National Army (KNA) and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) — are currently holding around 7,000 former scam centre workers but are unable to send ...

A Chinese man surnamed Shen denied allegations that the scam centre workers had travelled to Myanmar intentionally, saying he had been tricked and forced. "If I did it voluntarily, I would take ...

But "not everyone living in Shwe Kokko is a criminal," Naing Maung Zaw said. A Chinese man surnamed Shen denied allegations that the scam centre workers had travelled to Myanmar intentionally, saying ...

Scan centre victims The scam centre victims are mostly from Asian countries including China and India while some others came from East Africa, according to Myanmar’s Ministry of Information.

Last week, another local militia handed 260 alleged scam centre workers from Myanmar to Thai authorities, some of whom told AFP of severe punishments meted out by their Chinese bosses. Those ...

Myanmar handed over 300 Chinese scam centre workers to be repatriated throught Thailand on Feb 21, 2025. (File photo: STR via AFP) 21 Feb 2025 08:37PM (Updated: 21 Feb 2025 08:47PM) ...

Yotor and his countrymen are among 260 people, most of them human-trafficking victims, who were sent from Myanmar to Thailand last week as a multinational crackdown on scam centres along the ...

Mae Sot, Thailand – A Chinese government minister met more than 1,000 alleged scam centre workers on the Thailand-Myanmar border on Feb 17, Thai media said, as the three countries vowed to crack ...

Thousands of foreigners are expected to be sent home from scam compounds in Myanmar over the coming weeks, with the first batch already flown out on Thursday. The compounds are run by criminal ...