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Two Japanese Rescued After Being Forced Into Border Scam Work

Summary by Bangkok Post
Thai police have rescued two Japanese men who said they were forced to travel to Thailand to work for a scam gang across the border in Myanmar, where they were made to defraud elderly people in Japan.

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Two Japanese male university students, believed to have been at a fraud ring in Myanmar, have been rescued in neighboring Thailand. According to Thai police, the two 20-year-old students were found on September 30th in western Thailand, bordering Myanmar. They had traveled to Thailand after responding to a job posting on social media promising high income. They were then taken to Myanmar, where they were forced to participate in a fraud scheme i…

On October 2nd, Police General Thatchai Pitanilabutr, Deputy Commissioner General of the Royal Thai Police, along with Police Major General Padungsak, Deputy Commander of Provincial Police Region 2, and Police Major General Phasawee Rueangphu...

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มติชนออนไลน์ broke the news in Thailand on Friday, October 2, 2026.
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