Six Filipinos were rescued from human trafficking syndicates in Myanmar which promised them jobs in Thailand. | ManilaBulletin
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, who chairs the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission , said the six Filipinos—four females and two males— managed to escape their abductors while they had to endure a tortuous journey by land from Myanmar to Thailand where they were eventually rescued.They were able to contact Police Col. Dominador Matalang, the police attaché in Bangkok, who then sought the assistance of Undersecretary Gilberto DC Cruz, the executive director of PAOCC, for rescue.
They stayed for a night in the said hotel before travelling for another eight hours to Bangkok where they stayed for four days to process their travel documents.According to the nationals, they were recruited through social media and were made to believe that they will be working in Thailand as customer service representatives.
Bersamin said the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking and the Philippine Women and Children Protection Center provided them with the necessary legal, medical and psychological aid upon returning to the country.
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