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Xinhua
07 Feb 2025, 17:56 GMT+10

(250207) -- YANGON, Feb. 7, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 6, 2025 shows a scene during the handover of rescued foreign nationals on the Thai side of the Myanmar-Thailand border. Thai authorities have received 61 foreign nationals believed to be victims of human trafficking and scam operations in Myanmar, Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Thursday.

The rescued individuals included 39 Chinese nationals, 13 Indians, five Indonesians and one each from Ethiopia, Pakistan, Malaysia and Kazakhstan, Phumtham said during his oversight of the handover at the Mae Sot border checkpoint in Thailand's Tak province. (Information Team of the State Administration Council/Handout via Xinhua)

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