Bangkok, Oct 23, 2025 (AFP) - Over 600 flee Myanmar scam centre to Thailand after crackdown: Thai official

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2025-10-23

More than 600 people fled one of Myanmar's most notorious scam centres and crossed into Thailand, a Thai provincial official told AFP on Thursday, after a military raid on the compound. "677 people fled from the scam centre" KK Park in Myanmar across the Moei river into Thailand as of Thursday morning, said Sawanit Suriyakul Na Ayutthaya, deputy governor of Tak province on the Myanmar border. Sprawling compounds where internet fraudsters target p......

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