They Were Forced To Scam Others Worldwide. Now Thousands Are Detained on the Myanmar Border
An operation by Thai, Chinese and Myanmar authorities led to the release of more than 7,000 people from locked compounds in ...
They were forced to scam others worldwide. Now thousands are held in detention on the Myanmar border
Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed ...
Takeaways from the AP's reporting into what people face in Myanmar after release from forced labor
— As outrage grew in China following the kidnapping of a young actor, Beijing pressured authorities in Thailand and Myanmar ...
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More Chinese scam workers repatriated via Thailand as crackdown on fraud centres continues
a notorious hub for scamming across the border from Thailand’s Mae Sot. Several flights were due to leave for China on Thursday and across the weekend. Beijing is handling the processing of its ...
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Takeaways from the AP's reporting into what people face in Myanmar after release from forced labor
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP ... As outrage grew in China following the kidnapping of a young actor, Beijing pressured authorities in Thailand and Myanmar to act. The Thai government cut off power ...
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More Chinese repatriation flights for scammers arrive
More repatriation flights from China have arrived in Tak's Mae Sot district to take home Chinese nationals rescued from call centre scams in Myanmar.The chartered flights operated by China Southern ...
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Exclusive: Taiwan fears Beijing is taking independence crackdown overseas
Beijing's guidelines issued in June instructed China's courts, prosecutors and state security agents to "severely punish Taiwan independence diehards" for what it called "secession." The ...
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They were forced to scam others worldwide. Now thousands are detained on the Myanmar border
People from China, Vietnam and Ethiopia, believed to have been trafficked and forced to work in scam centers, sit with their faces masked while in detention after being released from the centers ...
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China-US trade war heats up with Beijing's tariffs to take effect
BEIJING: Trade tensions between the world's two leading economies are set to escalate on Monday (Mar 10), as Beijing begins levying tariffs on certain US agricultural goods in retaliation for ...