According to the SHRF, citing an escaped trafficked survivor, three Myanmar nationals who had worked for telecom scam operations in Tachileik Township, eastern Shan State were forcibly taken to a rare-earth mine on the Kok (Namhkoke) River, about 8 kilometers east of the Chinese border in southern Mong Hsat Township, where they were enslaved as forced laborers. The three men were kept detained with about thirty UWSA convicts, some shackled, at t…
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