It was unclear if these teenagers were among the group. In late August, Radio Free Asia received calls for help from two families in Vietnam’s southern province of Kien Giang regarding their teenage children who they believed were trafficked to Laos, Myanmar and China. She did not say where the casinos were located. The nationalities of the remaining roughly 140 others rescued wasn’t clear.Īfter ministry officials verified the identities of the 61 people, the embassy was instructed to work with authorities in Myanmar and Vietnam to create a consular protection plan and to eventually transport them back to Vietnam, she told reporters at a regular press briefing. Myanmar authorities told Vietnamese Embassy officials in Yangon, according to ministry spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang. The Vietnamese citizens were tricked into working at fraudulent gambling establishments, Some 61 Vietnamese were among about 200 foreigners recently rescued from scam casinos in Myanmar by local authorities, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said Thursday.
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