Tangerang, Banten, March 18 -- Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Budi Gunawan confirmed that 554 Indonesians have been rescued from online scam syndicates in Myawaddy, Myanmar.

"The 554 Indonesians comprised 449 males and 105 females. They were the victims of mass-scale online scam syndicates in the Myawaddy region close to the Myanmar-Thailand border," he stated during a press conference at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport following the arrival of 400 out of 554 Indonesians on Tuesday.

Minister Gunawan remarked that the rescued Indonesians, who mostly originated from North Sumatra, Bangka Belitung, West Java, Jakarta, and North Sulawesi, crossed the Myanmar border to Maesot City in Thailand on Monday (Mar...