Pregnant and stuck in scams


Eleven pregnant women are among the more than 2,400 people stuck in limbo after being pulled out of illicit scam compounds in Myanmar and are in urgent need of medical treatment here, a civil society group said.

The 11 women are being kept in a camp with harsh living conditions, scant healthcare and insufficient food for them, Jay Kritiya, a coordinator for the Citizens Network for Human Trafficking Victims said.

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