Duped job seekers to return from Myanmar next week

Scam city: The ‘Garden of Hell’ – a large compound known as KK Garden in Myawaddy where many are trapped into slavery. — Bernama

BANGKOK: Five Malaysian job seekers who claimed to have been duped into travelling to Myanmar and forced to work as cyber scammers have been rescued and are waiting to return home.

On Feb 3, a team from the Thai army near KK Garden in Myawaddy, Myanmar, rescued Adam Iskandar Tukiman, 20, Akmar Hamsan, 19, Kamil Abd Hamid, 25, Nur Fitriani Abdullah, 19, and Lee Zhi Cong, who were being held there.