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'Over 10k foreigners detained' in scam centre crackdown
Bangkok Post
|October 29, 2025
Myanmar's military government has detained more than 10,000 foreign nationals over the past nine months, who the junta said illegally entered the country for involvement in online scams.
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Alleged scam centre workers and victims rest during a crackdown by the Karen Border Guard Force on illicit activity in Shwe Kokko, in Myawaddy township, on Feb 14.
(AFP)
Of the 10,119 people detained through Oct 27 in a joint crackdown with China and Thailand, about 9,340 have been repatriated, the Ministry of Information said yesterday.
Arrangements are being made to return the rest, it added.
The move comes as the international community pressures the junta to dismantle billion-dollar scam networks.
Last month, the US sanctioned several companies in Shwe Kokko, a major scam hub it said is controlled by an ethnic armed group allied with the junta.
This story is from the October 29, 2025 edition of Bangkok Post.
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