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Olga Wong

The last of the six Hongkongers rescued from a scam farm in Myanmar this week has returned to the city, with the Security Bureau pledging to save the three remaining residents on its case list as soon as possible.
Authorities said the sixth member of the group arrived home on Saturday morning. The person had stayed in Thailand to help the country’s police with investigations into the trafficking of scam victims to Myanmar to engage in forced labour.
“A member of the Security Bureau’s dedicated task force also stayed in Thailand to accompany and assist that person, and returned to Hong Kong in the small hours today together with the individual,” a bureau spokesman said.
The five others from the latest batch of rescued residents arrived in Hong Kong on Friday.
Since 2024, the city’s law enforcement agencies have recorded 28 cases of Hongkongers suspected to be detained in Southeast Asian countries in connection with scams, according to the bureau.
Twenty-five of them have returned to the city, including the six – aged 29 to 44 – who arrived on Friday and Saturday.


The bureau said its dedicated task force would continue to follow up on the remaining three cases and facilitate their return as soon as possible.
Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung headed to Thailand on Thursday to help coordinate the ongoing rescue work, announcing on Friday that the latest group of six had been freed and would come home.
In January, authorities set up a six-member task force comprising Security Bureau, police and Immigration Department officials, which met Thai authorities in Bangkok about Hongkongers who had been ensnared by forced-labour scams.
The victims of these scams are often trafficked to neighbouring Myanmar and to engage in illegal work.
Following the trip, the task force established a direct line of communication with Thai authorities to exchange information and follow up on the remaining cases of trapped residents.


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Five of the latest batch of Hongkongers to be freed returned home on Friday. Photo: Facebook/Security Bureau

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A task force member (left) with one of the rescued Hong Kong residents. Photo: Handout

Secretary for Security Chris Tang holds a briefing at the airport after returning from Thailand. Photo: Nora Tam

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Eight Hongkongers currently remained trapped at scam farms in Myanmar, according to the city government. Photo: Shutterstock

Undersecretary for Security Michael Cheuk (right) earlier led a task force to Thailand to discuss residents trapped in illegal work in Southeast Asia. Photo: Sam Tsang

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Security Bureau vows to save the three remaining residents on its list in bid to crack down on forced-labour scams in Southeast Asia


Security Bureau vows to save the three remaining residents on its list in bid to crack down on forced-labour scams in Southeast Asia.
