Thai officials have listed the names of people who have been freed from scams in 28 nations.
PUBLISHED: 26 Feb 2025 at 19: 17
More than 7, 000 foreigners who have been rescued from Myanmar’s Shwe Kokko and Myawaddy border patrol are awaiting repatriation to their home countries, according to the Karen Border Guard Force ( BGF ).
The BGF has sent a list of titles of 7, 141 citizens from 28 countries to Thailand’s Ratchamanu Task Force for control, according to regional media reports. They included 6, 716 gentlemen and 425 people.
The largest group of victims is reportedly from China, with 4, 860 individuals (4, 764 men and 96 women ), followed by Vietnam ( 511 men and 61 women ), India ( 498 men and 28 women ), Ethiopia ( 396 men and 34 women ), Indonesia ( 217 men and 66 women ), the Philippines ( 54 men and 73 women ), Malaysia ( 65 men and 4 women ), Pakistan ( 64 men and 4 women ), Kenya ( 38 men and 26 women ) and Taiwan ( 24 men and one woman ).
The BGF, an 8, 000-strong military headed by Karen warrior Saw Chit Thu, has much profited from a steady stream of income from legal organizations in Myawaddy, according to experts. Its affiliations change frequently depending on the circumstances, but for the time being, it is affiliated with the Myanmar junta and is attempting to enter the great books of the global community.
Since Thailand shut down energy, petrol, and computer to five sites in three Burmese border townships on February 16, Saw Chit Thu has constantly overseen the sufferer rescue operation and crackdown on those who were involved in human trafficking.
The sites are believed to have housed Chinese-run contact areas, which have been preying, with violence, on patients in China, Thailand and abroad for decades.
However, authorities were finally persuaded by the scammers who kidnapped a Chinese artist and the promotion that followed in Thailand’s largest tourist market.
The BGF is urging the Thai authorities and other countries to quicken their relocation because all rescued people have now been screened by nationality.
The foreigners are now awaiting their offices ‘ approval to travel to Myanmar. Despite the reports that Thai authorities are reluctant to let them enter Thailand if their hosts are unable to obtain them.