7 Thais rescued from Cambodia after livestreaming plea for help

Seven Thai nationals who recorded a surreptitious livestream to say they had been tricked into working for scammers in Cambodia were rescued yesterday by Thai police.

Two men and five women – among the thousands of Thai nationals tricked into virtual slavery in recent years – were returned to Thailand on Wednesday after they pleaded for help in a Facebook livestream. The video showed all seven of them trapped inside a building in Bavet township in Cambodia’s Svay Rieng province.

They said that they were duped and forced to work as scammers. They added that they were held captive and could not escape to go home. 

“Please share this. We’ve been trapped in Svay Rieng, Cambodia-Vietnam border. We’re forced to work from 8am to 11pm every day without a holiday,” one of the Thais said in a whisper during the livestream. “We’re forced to work and meet…