(28 Feb 2025)
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Mae Sot, Thailand – 27 February 2025
1. Long shot of two buses with police escort crossing bridge from Myanmar to Thailand at Mae Sot, containing Indonesian freed Indonesian scam centre workers
2. Close of People through window onboard moving bus
3. Soldier in military vehicle at checkpoint
4. Indonesians being escorted by soldiers for health screening and identity checks
5. Cutaway of media
6. Indonesians being escorted by soldiers for health screening and identity checks
STORYLINE:
Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar arrived at the Thai border city of Mae Sot earlier on Thursday, part of an ongoing large-scale repatriation effort.
Two buses with the Indonesians on board drove across the Second Thailand Myanmar Friendship Bridge, accompanied by police escort. The vehicles then entered a checkpoint area, where passengers were seen being taken for screening that included verifying identification and health checks.
More than 7,000 people from across the world are being held in a Myanmar border town as they await a return home after being freed from online scam centres as part of an ongoing Thailand, Myanmar and China crackdown.
Hundreds of thousands of people are believed to have been lured to work in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos to commit scams against people across the world using false romances, bogus investment pitches and illegal gambling schemes. Many who end up in these areas were recruited under false pretenses, only to find themselves trapped in virtual slavery.
AP Video shot by Tian Macleod Ji
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