JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities have rescued 20 Indonesians who were victims of human trafficking from Myanmar’s Myawaddy district where fighting between army and armed resistance groups have recently intensified.
There have been media reports of job scam victims from Malaysia, Taiwan and even China being held in prison-like conditions in the Myawaddy area at the Thai-Myanmar border. But it turned out that they were forced to work as online scammers, with long working hours up to 19 hours a day. They were fined, faced physical punishment, including getting beaten and whipped, or being sold to other companies when they failed to meet job targets set by the syndicates.
A cousin of one of the victims who only identifies herself as Ms Rosa told The Straits Times: “I feel so relieved and happy. Finally I can come to peace. My emotions went up and down, especially in the past month.”
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