Seven Taiwanese Rescued From Myanmar Online Scam Hub

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Seven Taiwanese are among 260 people freed from an online scam hub near the Thai-Myanmar border. Victims are getting health checks before returning home.

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00:00Seven Taiwan nationals are among 260 people freed from suspected online scam operations

00:06in Myanmar.

00:07I have always wanted to go home.

00:10I still can't believe that I can finally go home.

00:19Officials say the victims were held in a known hub for telecom fraud near the Thai-Myanmar

00:23border.

00:24They were rescued by a Myanmar rebel group almost a week after Thailand cut power and

00:28fuel supplies to areas with online scam and human trafficking operations.

00:33The rescued people are undergoing health screenings in Thailand before being sent back to their

00:38home countries.

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