Nearly 300 freed from scam centres return home


THE country has brought home nearly 300 of its nationals who were lured to various South-East Asian countries with fake job offers and made to engage in cybercrime and other fraudulent activities in scam compounds, the government said.

Thousands of people have been freed from cyberscam centres along the Thailand-Myanmar border this year as countries work together to crack down on the criminal networks.

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