CRACKDOWN ON SCAM FARMS
According to the United Nations, legal cartels have been trafficking thousands of people from all over the world to con centers along Southeast Asia, including along the Thai-Myanmar border, where patients have been forced to work in ill-legal online scam businesses.  ,
As con centers have expanded swiftly throughout the region in recent years, observers have called for more work to be done to stop cyber fraud syndicates.  ,
After the violence of Chinese professional Wang Xing, who had been lured to Thailand by a profitable acting career, in January, Thai government launched a new clampdown.  ,
He later returned home after being discovered close to the Burmese border city of Myawaddy, a notorious hub for con artists.  ,
Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan praised the efforts of China and Thailand to free the thousands of fraud victims trapped in Myawaddy next week.  ,
He stated that China has taken strong measures to combat cross-border ( crimes ), particularly job scams and illegal gambling, as best they can.  ,
” Thailand was asked to cut the electricity supply ( to scam compounds )… That is why many victims were recently released” . ,
Many of the victims ‘ families are concerned and apprehensive, and they enlist in the authorities to ensure their loved ones ‘ safe return.  ,  ,
” I hope the ( Chinese ) army can go into the scam compound where my son is, and force them to surrender so that my son can come back”, said a victim’s father.  ,