INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The eight Sri Lankans, who were rescued from the cybercrime camps in Myawaddy area of Myanmar, have safely arrived at the Embassy of Sri
Janaka Bandara said the rescued people will be repatriated to the island in the coming days.Out of the 56 Sri Lankans who were trapped in
cybercrime camps in Myawaddy, eight were rescued by the Myanmar government authorities in early March and sent to the Myawaddy central
Friendship Bridge.According to Ambassador Bandara, the rescued Sri Lankans are in good health and are currently accommodated at the Sri
Lankan embassy in Thailand.In December 2023, media reports shed light on the plight of a group of nearly 60 Sri Lankans, who were lured with
tourist visas behind the false front of lucrative IT sector job offers and are being held captive in Myanmar by a notorious ethnic armed
group.It was understood that they had been duped into applying to job vacancies in Dubai by a certain agent in UAE, only to be trafficked
into Myanmar for cyber slavery in Myawaddy where they were forced to commit internet scams.According to harrowing statements given by the
captives, they had been forced to appear as romantic partners to foreigners in order to steal their money
In the event they refuse to do as told, the captives had been subjected to acts of torture, which they said included electrocution,
waterboarding in cages, hanging them by their hands and starving.
