A human rights group says more than 5,300 people are still confined in online scam centres near Myanmar’s border with Thailand, more than a year after thousands were reportedly freed. The group estimates that the trapped population exceeds 5,000 people and includes around 1,600 Chinese nationals, according to multiple outlets. It says victims are held at four separate sites located in militia-controlled areas, where people are detained and forced to work for scam operations. The outlets also refer to a previous Thai-led effort to extract people from Myawaddy scam hubs last year, when about 5,000 people were pulled out. The current figures indicate that large-scale detention continues despite earlier releases. The reports describe the locations as near the Thai border, specifically around the Myawaddy area, and present the claim as based on the rights group’s assessment. No outlet provides additional detail on the identities of the groups running the sites or the specific mechanisms of confinement, but all agree on the scale of those still trapped and the presence of Chinese nationals among them.