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.
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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.