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.