Chiang Rai officials have successfully executed a rescue operation, saving a 29 year old Udon Thani woman, known as Nam, from a human trafficking ring in Myanmar. It was revealed that she had been coerced into providing sexual services to call centre employees in the Shan state by Chinese perpetrators.
The incident was initially flagged by a citizen journalist from the Facebook page, Ninja Today, to the Chiang Rai police and the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security. Utilising the National Referral Mechanism – a regional information-sharing system regarding human trafficking, Thai officials managed to locate Nam in a Chinese-run call centre in Myanmar, leading to her rescue.
Nam returned to Thailand on Friday, narrating her ordeal to the media. She was working at a Bangkok restaurant in May this year when a TikTok user…
