The group was sent back to Thailand via the Poipet border checkpoint on March 1, following their arrests in raids conducted on February 22-23, the Cambodian National Police General Directorate announced.

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Thai police question Thai nationals handed over by Cambodia on March 1 in Aranyaprathet, across the border from Poipet. (Photo: bangkokpost)

The detained Thais admitted to crossing into Cambodia illegally to engage in online criminal activities, drawn by promises of high wages.

In a related development, 84 Indonesians, including 15 women, who were freed from scam centers in Myanmar, arrived in Jakarta on February 28 as part of a large-scale repatriation effort.

They were among more than 7,000 people held in the Myanmar border town of Myawaddy, following a joint crackdown on scam operations by authorities from Thailand, Myanmar, and China.

Online scam operations have long thrived in Myanmar’s border regions, luring foreign workers with high-paying job offers. Myanmar’s recent crackdown led to the rescue of workers from over 20 countries.

Source: VNA