00:00More than 170 Filipinos were forced to work in a scam hub in Myanmar.
00:07The government said that the need to work was met,
00:11but they remind us to be careful not to get involved.
00:14J.P. Soriano has a report.
00:19Rose is a liar. She doesn't have a real name.
00:22She discovered it while being forced to work as a scammer in a scam hub in Myanmar.
00:28Like her husband, she was also involved.
00:31Her husband decided to go back to the Philippines,
00:35but they said goodbye to their employer.
00:38Rose and her husband were tortured.
00:41They said they don't know anything.
00:44No food intake for almost a week.
00:47We are not allowed to sleep.
00:49If we sleep, they will electrocute us.
00:52They shot me with a gun.
00:54Rose's story is that they were recruited by a messaging app.
00:59They were hired as a call center agent in Thailand.
01:03When they were hired, they were first flown to Hong Kong,
01:06then to Bangkok, Thailand,
01:09and finally to Myanmar by boat.
01:12Another Filipino victim, whose name we will hide,
01:16was shocked by their separation from her husband.
01:20But in the end, they also met after being sold by their Chinese employer several times.
01:27Rose's Chinese boss even burned her passport.
01:31I feel sorry for the Chinese boss.
01:34How do you know that I was not allowed?
01:36After the hardship of her husband,
01:39of more than 170 Filipinos who were recruited in scam hubs in Myanmar,
01:46they were followed by Filipino officers in Thailand via chartered flight.
01:51Because they were still being sold to Myanmar,
01:53Thailand was still the last stop of their passport.
01:56They were already overstaying,
01:58but Thailand allowed them to leave immediately.
02:01The only reason they are going home now
02:06is because the scam factories are closing.
02:10Because the Thailanders shut off the electricity and the internet.
02:16This is a trilateral cooperation with Thailand, Myanmar, and China.
02:21After returning to the Philippines,
02:23the victims were asked by the scammers in Raisay
02:26to sue their recruiter.
02:29They will be given government assistance.
02:32Some Filipinos were left behind in their scam hubs in Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos.
02:38All were sent to Thailand.
02:40Although we can go to Thailand without a visa,
02:42it doesn't mean we can work in Thailand.
02:44So if they promise you jobs in Thailand,
02:46where will you go?
02:47We understand that we need jobs,
02:50but not in this way.
02:53From Bangkok, Thailand, J.P. Soriano,
02:56reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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