A top Chinese official tours Thai-Myanmar border to highlight crackdown on scam centers
Efforts to shut down online scam centers in Myanmar appear to gain momentum with a visit by a top Chinese official to the border zone ahead of expected large-scale repatriations of workers in the illi
China to fly back 200 nationals rescued from Myanmar scam centres, Thai official says
China will fly home about 200 of its nationals found in scam-running compounds on the Thai-Myanmar border, a Thai security official said on Tuesday, as part of a multinational effort to crack down on illegal online operations run from the region.
Big push to rescue 10,000 foreigners in Myanmar scam farms
The Royal Thai Police (RTP) estimate that 10,000 foreign nationals will be rescued from call scam centres in Myanmar as authorities ramp up a crackdown on transnational crime syndicates near the Thai border.
Rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers, 260 foreigners are being repatriated
Thailand's army says some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar
China's Xi hails Thailand's action against scam centers
Bangkok has described the scam centers as a "national security issue". On Feb. 5, Thai authorities cut off the electricity supply to five areas in Myanmar where fraud centers are allegedly located. In January, Chinese actor Wang Xing was reportedly rescued from a cyber fraud center in Myanmar.
Myanmar frees 1,000 scam center workers as crackdown widens
The scam center victims are mostly from Asian countries including China and India while some others came from East Africa, according to Myanmar’s Ministry of Information.
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China Urges Thailand to Maintain Utility Bans in Myanmar
The request is part of a four-point proposal by Chinese Assistant Minister for Public Security Liu Zhongyi on how to deal with scam call centers in Myanmar.
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Forces: China Scammed in Myanmar
China continues censorship efforts that collapse under the weight of social media messages. The media reports revealed that hundreds of Chinese had disappeared in the border area, and that the ...
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Myanmar rescues 200 trafficked Chinese nationals in online fraud crackdown
YANGON: A total of 200 trafficked Chinese nationals were rescued in an online fraud crackdown in the Myawady-Shwe Kokko area and will be transferred to China after necessary investigations. Taking ...
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China is conducting military patrols near the Myanmar border as civil war rages on the other side
BEIJING--China’s military is carrying out armed patrols near the Myanmar border this week ... will be held from Tuesday to Thursday in four locations including two in Ruili city, the Yunnan ...
China grants Asean tour groups visa-free access to Yunnan travel hub
China said it would allow tour groups from Asean countries to visit Xishuangbanna - an area in the southwestern province of ...
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China in the Indo-Pacific: January 2025
This month, a spy scandal in the Philippines and Myanmar’s civil war highlighted China’s controversial involvement in the ...