Thailand: Scam hubs on Thai-Myanmar border running with up to 100,000 people

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Scam centres along the Thai-Myanmar border are still in operation with up to 100,000 people working there, the top police general heading a Thai crackdown told Reuters in a recent interview.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00This is a video clip of the protest in front of the government building in the city of Bangkok, Thailand.

00:10This is a video clip of the protest in front of the government building in the city of Bangkok, Thailand.

00:20We have to be quick. It's not just 10 or 20 people per day.

00:26They haven't reported the data yet.

00:28But according to our assessment,

00:31it's probably more than 10,000 people.

00:34Maybe 50,000 or 100,000 people.

00:37We can't say for sure.

00:39We can still see their operations.

00:43The data is from the press.

00:48But based on the number of Chinese companies

00:52and the data from our department,

00:57we believe it's more than 10,000 or 50,000 people.

01:02There are 3,700 Chinese people

01:07who submitted their data to us.

01:10Especially the old people.

01:14Nowadays, we still see many people

01:17trying to get into the area of Mae Sot.

01:20They don't have a travel plan.

01:22They don't have a hotel reservation plan.

01:24Only 7 or 10 people come.

01:26Nowadays, there are only 10 people per day.

01:28In the past, there were 100 people per day.

01:30Now there are only 10 people per day.

01:31But we still see these groups.

01:32Now we have a situation

01:34related to transportation.

01:37The apps that bring these people here.

01:40This is the logistics that we are trying to cut off.

02:04The Indonesian government

02:06has cooperated

02:12with the Thai government

02:15and the Chinese government

02:17to rescue and bring back

02:22554 Indonesian citizens

02:26consisting of 449 men and 105 women

02:32who have been victims of online scamming

02:38on a large scale.

02:41The victims,

02:43who are Indonesian citizens,

02:47have experienced various pressures,

02:50physical violence,

02:52such as beating and stabbing,

02:57as well as being threatened.

02:59Recently, they were even threatened

03:01to take their organs.

03:04Meanwhile, the target

03:08of these cartels and gangs

03:11cannot be met.

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