16-year-old Japanese boy among those freed from job scam syndicate in Myanmar


TOKYO (Bernama-Kyodo): A 16-year-old Japanese boy has been rescued from a scam syndicate in Myanmar near the Thai border, Thai authorities confirmed on Friday night.

According to Kyodo news agency, this comes a day after Thai officials reported that another Japanese youth, a high school student forced to work at a Myanmar-based scam call centre, was rescued last month and returned to Japan.

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