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Over 7,000 workers from scam centers in Myanmar are awaiting repatriation after a regional crackdown
A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to over 7,000 people from around the world being held in a Myanmar border town awaiting repatriation.
China Flies Home First Nationals From Myanmar ‘Scam Centers’
China began repatriating 200 of its citizens who worked in cyber fraud operations in Myanmar, the first batch returning from the centers international groups have said are a nexus of human rights abuses and criminal activity.
Thailand, China and Myanmar to tackle scam hubs
Myanmar's military rulers plan to jointly take measures against the country's scam centers with China and Thailand.
84 Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar are set to go home
Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar are set to return home Friday as the repatriation effort for such workers strains regional resources.
84 Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar arrive home
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar arrived in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, late Friday, part of a massive repatriation movement that is straining regional resources.
84 Indonesians taken out of scam centers in Myanmar are set to go home
Eighty-four Indonesians freed rom scam centers in Myanmar arrived at the Thai border city of Mae Sot earlier on Thursday, part of an ongoing large scale repatriation effort following a crackdown by Thailand,
Some Foreigners Pulled Out of Myanmar Scam Centres Face Struggle to Get Home
Hundreds of foreign nationals pulled out of scam compounds in Myanmar during a crackdown on centres run by criminal gangs have little food, scant healthcare and filthy toilets in the remote militia camp they have been taken to,
Thailand to repatriate thousands more Myanmar scam center workers
Thailand said Friday it had agreed with Myanmar and China to repatriate thousands of alleged scam center workers stranded in camps at the Thai-Myanmar border, part of a crackdown on transnational crime.
‘People are sold every day’: first-hand account of life inside a Myanmar scam centre
Xu Bochun said he was duped by a fake job offer in 2023 which led to him spending the 'darkest' three months of his life in a scam centre Chinese gig worker Xu Bochun says he was lured to Myanmar in 2023 by a job offer that turned out to be fake.
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 ...
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Chinese Security Companies Pose Threat to Myanmar’s Sovereignty
In an interview with The Irrawaddy's Ei Kay Kyaw, Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd says the junta’s new law allowing China to protect its ...
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China begins repatriation from Thailand of more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar
BANGKOK (AP) — An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern ...
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On a Lawless Tropical Border, the Global Scam Industry Thrives
A China-led crackdown on online fraud rescued thousands from Myanmar this month. But this massive business of grift keeps growing. By Hannah Beech Hannah Beech reported from Mae Sot, Thailand ...
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China begins repatriation of more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar
Thailand, China and Myanmar have coordinated efforts over the past month to shut down the scam centers that bilked victims around the world out of billions of dollars through false romantic ploys ...
Chinese culinary course launched in Myanmar to mark 75th anniversary of Myanmar-China diplomatic ties
YANGON: A Chinese culinary course has been launched in Taunggyi, Shan state, to mark the 75th anniversary of Myanmar-China ...
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Tracing China’s Long Entanglement in Myanmar
Bertil Lintner looks at the often devious ways in which China cemented the pauk-phaw or kinship relationship to become the dominant foreign power in Myanmar, sidelining all others.
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Thailand deports dozens of Uyghurs to China
Chinese and Thai officials defended the decision in the face of condemnation from rights groups and foreign governments, who ...