Kenyan man escapes scam center in Myanmar, runs over hills to Thai border

A 30-year-old Kenyan national was escorted to see Thai police in Phop Phra district of Tak province, after he escaped from his Chinese captors at a scam call centre in Kayan state of Myanmar.

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The Kenyan identified only as James told Thai police that he had applied for a job as a cook in Thailand, through an employment agency in Kenya.

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By Thai PBS World