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 minister Chris Tang said on Friday that six more Hongkongers trapped in scam farms in Myanmar have been rescued in a joint operation by the

Security chief Chris Tang says three men and three women, aged 29 to 44, had been illegally detained for five to seven months.

The Security Bureau announces that six Hong Kong residents lured to Myanmar to engage in illegal work have been rescued following a joint rescue operation.

Thailand's recent deportations of Uyghurs to China have eerie parallels with a large deportation in 2015, in which the country bowed to Beijing, writes historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom.

Thailand said Friday it had agreed with Myanmar and China to repatriate thousands of alleged scam centre workers stranded in camps.

Tang expressed his gratitude to the Thai government for its crucial role in coordinating with the Hong Kong side to rescue and ensure the safe return of 48 Hong Kong nationals, who had been lured into working for fraudulent call centres in Myanmar.