KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 — About 1,000 Malaysian citizens have allegedly been forced to work as ‘call operators’ for frauds and scams run by international human trafficking syndicates that operate in Myanmar, the Malaysian International Humanitarian Organisation (MHO) revealed.

Its secretary-general Datuk Hishamuddin Hashim said the non-governmental organisation had received dozens of complaints involving Malaysians who had been duped and are now captives of syndicates in the country, Utusan Malaysia reported.