Dozens of Uyghur men detained in Thailand after fleeing China may have been secretly deported to their home country, activists and rights groups said on Thursday, warning they could face torture and imprisonment on their return.
People's Party deputy leader Rangsiman Rome, Thailand's leading voice in calls for action against border boiler rooms that have defrauded Thais of hundreds of millions of dollars, in an interview told Reuters that 300,000 people were operating in Myawaddy scam compounds, less than 10,000 of which had been rescued.
Forty-eight Uighurs held in Thailand for more than a decade had been secretly deported to China. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Thailand's government is under pressure following reports of possible deportation of 48 Uyghurs to China. Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra emphasized the need to adhere to international laws and human rights.
A group of 200 Chinese nationals plucked from scam centres in Myanmar crossed into Thailand and were flown home on Thursday, as part of a multinational effort to repatriate hundreds caught up in massive internet fraud schemes,
A China-led crackdown on online fraud rescued thousands from Myanmar this month. But this massive business of grift keeps growing.
According to the UN, the criminal gangs generate billions each year and operate across southeast Asia - particularly along the Thai-Myanmar border. Thailand redoubled efforts to curb the scam ...
Thailand has received 260 human trafficking victims, more than half of them Ethiopians, from Myanmar, its army said on Thursday, in a massive repatriation that comes amid a mounting crackdown on scam centers operating along a porous border.
Thailand, Myanmar, and China unite to dismantle a massive online scam network. Over 220,000 people are trapped in fraud hubs, forced to swindle victims worldwide, according to the UN.
Pressure to shut the centres operating along the Thai-Myanmar frontier, as well as release scam farm victims being held against their will, has been increasing.
Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) is confirmed to miss the PT Grand Prix of Thailand after suffering fractures in his left hand in a training crash ahead of the season opener. The #1 was preparing for the Thai GP after being sidelined from most of pre-season testing following his crash on Day 1 of the Sepang Test.