NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, OCT 5
Thirteen people from Tamil Nadu who were trafficked to Myanmar arrived in Chennai on Wednesday morning, said state minister Gingee KS Masthan. The 13 people had applied for jobs in Dubai and were later sent to Thailand under the pretext of work being there and then were illegally taken to Myanmar.
தகவல் தொழில்நுட்ப துறையில் வேலை வாய்ப்புகள் வழங்குவதாக கூறி தாய்லாந்து நாட்டின் வழியாக மியான்மர் நாட்டிற்கு அழைத்துச் செல்லப்பட்டு அங்கு அவர்களது தகுதிக்கு தொடர்பில்லாத, சட்டத்திற்குப் புறம்பான செயல்களை செய்ய வற்புறுத்தியதால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர்கள் தாய்நாடு திரும்ப (1/3) pic.twitter.com/abcJxXMdZp
— Gingee K.S.Masthan ( செஞ்சி மஸ்தான் ) (@GingeeMasthan) October 4, 2022
“Thirteen people, who got duped in Thailand on the pretext of jobs and were taken illegally into Myanmar, arrived in Chennai. People were trafficked to Myanmar from various parts of the state via agents; CM MK Stalin took efforts to save them,” Masthan told the media persons.
Gingee further said that 50 more Indian nationals are in Myanmar and the government will bring them back.
“We applied for a job in Dubai. The Dubai agent said that the job is in Thailand but there was no job when we reached there. They took us around 450 km away to some place in a car. From there, a group of Chinese people made us cross a river illegally,” a victim from Coimbatore said.
“They took our company phones and later we got to know that we were in Myanmar. We didn’t have VISA and were illegally there. We had to chat via fake IDs with VIPs. The local military rescued us. We were mentally tortured and worked for 15-16 hours a day. A lot of people came via different agents,” added the victim.
