Three Thai citizens who were tricked into working for a corrupt business in Laos’ Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone returned home to Thailand on Thursday, the latest repatriation of Thai citizens trapped in the zone, RFA has learned.
The three women were promised good jobs, but when they arrived were put to work on fake social media accounts and told to pitch shares of companies within the zone to tourists. RFA reported this week that another group of 15 Thai citizens that had been duped the same way had all returned home, but they warned other Thais were still there.
“I’m glad to be back, and I’ll never return. To other Thais, I’d like to tell them not to fall prey to the ad on Facebook because the SEZ is full of lies. Nothing is real,” one of the three rescued women told local media.
“About the money, they only gave me 1,000…
