The Myanmar side confirmed that about 2000 "piglets" have been screened. Many "piglets" revealed that they were beaten in Myawaddy, and some "piglets" cried bitterly, saying, "Even if I go to jail, I want to return to my country!"
In the operation, the military found over 600 Chinese men in a large building in the garden, who were confined and forced to engage in telecommunication fraud activities.
A spokesperson for the Karen Border Guard stated that most of the people were confined and engaged in involuntary telecommunication fraud activities, many of whom had obvious signs of abuse on their bodies.
Thailand combats scam groups near the Myanmar border by cutting off electricity and internet, after which one of the ethnic armies in Myanmar's Karen State released 260 people, including 7 Taiwanese, of whom 5 passed the Thai inspection procedures and took a flight back to Taiwan in the early hours of the 19th.
The other two are under investigation by Thai authorities for involvement in telecommunication fraud cases, and will be deported back to Taiwan after completing the relevant procedures according to Thai law.
