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'People are sold every day': first-hand account of life inside a Myanmar scam centre - South China Morning Post
Chinese gig worker Xu Bochun says he was lured to Myanmar in 2023 by a job offer that turned out to be fake. He ended up being sold to a scam centre in Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone bordering China. In a wide-ranging interview with the Post, Xu gives a detailed account of his experience as a victim of human trafficking. He details how he was forced to work for three months in an online scam centre before he escaped.