An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern Myanmar began Thursday, after the rescued workers were taken across the border to Thailand and put on chartered flights to China.

Hundreds of Chinese workers were heading home on Thursday after being freed from online scam centres in Myanmar, as authorities crack down on the illegal

The Karen State Border Guard Force said six Chinese gang members involved in the torture of trafficked victims would be given to China as criminals.