More than 1,000 people rescued from cyber scam centres near Thailand will be handed over by Myanmar, its military government has announced.
The ruling State Administration Council said on Monday that around 1,030 foreign nationals were rescued from scam centres in the country over the past three weeks.
Bloomberg news agency reported that the government's information ministry said the scam centre victims are mostly from Asian countries including India and China.
Thailand redoubled efforts to curb the scam gangs after Chinese actor Wang Xing was abducted in the country in January, having been lured there on the promise of an acting job.
The return comes as part of a crackdown on scam centres where hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked and forced into illegal work.
