BANGKOK: The Thai Foreign Ministry says 83 more Thai nationals were evacuated from war-torn Laukkaing Township in Myanmar’s northern Shan State on Sunday (Dec 3).
Laukkaing, the capital of Kokang Self-Administered Zone on the border with China, is notorious as a hotbed of Chinese-run call-centre gangs that use trafficked labour from Thailand and other countries.
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