A group of people who were scammed by bogus employment agents arrive at Buri Ram police station on Thursday. (Photo by Surachai Piraksa)
More than 500 Thais who were duped into working illegally in Cambodia were rescued in December, and a woman has been arrested in Buri Ram for defrauding people of money paid to secure jobs in South Korea.
Assistant national police chief Surachate Hakparn said on Thursday that Thai authorities had been coordinating with Cambodian officials in rescuing deceived Thai workers.
Many had been forced to work near the border with Trat province and others in Cambodia’s Pursat, Koh Kong, Sihanoukville and Poipet townships.
Chinese investors in Cambodia were unsettled by action being taken by Cambodian law enforcement and had set free and dumped Thai workers outside hotels and…
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