Current location:health >>
2 Laotian teens return home after release from Myanmar scam casino — Radio Free Asia
health79People have gathered around
IntroductionTwo teenage girls who were held at a Chinese-run casino in Myanmar for more than two years have retu ...
Two teenage girls who were held at a Chinese-run casino in Myanmar for more than two years have returned home to Laos after a 40,000 yuan (US$5,500) fee was paid to gain their freedom, they told RFA.
The two girls were part of a group of 16 young Laotians trafficked to work as scammers at a place called the “Casino Kosai” in an isolated development near the city of Myawaddy, the scene of recent fighting in Myanmar’s civil war.
A group of people helped get them out of the casino and brought them to the Laos border, they told Radio Free Asia. The 40,000 yuan fee was paid by their Chinese boyfriends to facilitate the release, one of the girls said.
“The Chinese boss finally agreed to release my friend and I, but we had to pay a fee,” she told RFA. “We also had to find those who we can trust. Otherwise, we could end up being sold to another place.”
Recent intense fighting in the area between Myanmar’s military junta and anti-junta rebels delayed their travel to the border by several days, they said. The two girls arrived in Luang Namtha province in northern Laos on Monday.
RFA confirmed that the other 14 young Laotians remain at the casino, where they have been forced to call people and trick them into buying fake investments.
If they don’t reach quota goals, they are struck with rods or forced to stand in the sun for hours, their parents told RFA.
“I called my son last week and he told me that the Chinese boss said that they may release some of them on June 15,” the mother of one of the remaining 14 told RFA. “I have to wait and see first. If nothing happens, I will try other ways to help my son.”
The families of the young Laotians have appealed to government officials on several occasions to intervene in the case.
A reliable source told RFA on Wednesday that the 14 teenagers can be released if the casino is paid a US$3,000 fee.
“It seems impossible for me to get that amount of money,” another parent said. “I feel very hopeless now to hear it will cost this amount of money.”
Translated by Phouvong. Edited by Matt Reed and Malcolm Foster.
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Cultural Currents news portal”。http://zambia.boluescortbayan.net/html-38d999873.html
Related articles
Giant pool inflatables, breakfast buffets... and ice
healthQuality time with the kids is the best thing about a family holiday for over half of British parents ...
【health】
Read moreOne year of war in Sudan, thousands killed, millions displaced amid imminent famine
healthKHARTOUM, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The deadly war in Sudan, leaving thousands of people dead and million ...
【health】
Read moreChinese, Australian FMs hold strategic dialogue
healthChinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the C ...
【health】
Read more
Popular articles
- Border mayors heading to DC for Tuesday's immigration announcement
- Xi in My Eyes
- IGAD calls on Sudanese warring parties to end year
- Market for African Performing Arts of Abidjan held in Cote d'Ivoire
- Real Madrid win lifts Shakhtar into next Champions League. Dortmund loss means Eintracht miss out
- Xi extends sympathy to Japanese PM over COVID
Latest articles
Live Nation investigating data breach at Ticketmaster subsidiary
Bare mountains turn green again through ecological restoration in SW China's Sichuan
Tanzania to host field training for over 600 senior police officers from 14 African countries
Interview: Expert says U.S. interest rate hikes causing ripple effects in developing countries
Todd Blanche says he was shocked Donald Trump took the verdict with 'solemness'
Interview: Nigeria would learn from Chinese model of development
LINKS
- Sweeping gun legislation approved in Maine after mass shooting
- KENNEDY: We all know why blubbery bistro blowhard Keith McPiggy branded perpetual trout
- Here come the nepo
- Stock market today: Asian shares gain despite Wall Street's tech
- Belgian and Czech leaders exhort the EU to react amid concern over Russian election interference
- Children played just yards from where headless torso was found at nature reserve, police reveal
- China sees robust recovery, vigorous growth in cultural, tourism industries: minister
- Pakistan says Iran's President Raisi will visit next week despite tensions in the Middle East
- Chinese lawmakers deliberate work report of NPC Standing Committee
- Russian missiles slam into a Ukraine city and kill 17 people as the war approaches a critical stage