Myanmar scam centre survivors recall torture and coercion

A total of 260 people, most of them human-trafficking victims, were sent from Myanmar to Thailand last week as a multinational crackdown on scam centres. - Photo: Reuters

FORT WACHIRAPRAKAN, (Thailand): - Inside a Thai military camp, four Ethiopian men on Wednesday (Feb 19) showed the bruises and scars on their bodies they said were sustained during their time in one of Myanmar’s most notorious scam compounds.

“I got a lot of punishments,” said 19-year-old Yotor, who gave only one name and had cuts along his leg. “I received electric shocks every day.”