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Alleged forced scam centre workers showed heavy scars and bruising and said they wanted to go home after a local Myanmar militia rounded hundreds up for deportation on Tuesday.
Scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar's borderlands and are staffed by foreigners who are often trafficked and forced to work, swindling people around the world in an industry analysts say is worth billions of dollars.
An AFP stringer saw signs of physical abuse, including massive bruising and burns on the buttocks of some of the hundreds of people, most of whom are believed to be men from China. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES