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S'porean allegedly linked to international scam syndicate caught in Myanmar
The Straits Times
|November 28, 2025
A Singaporean man who is allegedly connected to an international scam syndicate in Myanmar was caught there on Nov 23.
He is believed to have been part of an online scam and gambling syndicate operating out of Shwe Kokko, a town in the southeast of Myanmar.
The Straits Times understands he has not been linked to the Singapore gang that ran a major scam operation in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
The Global New Light of Myanmar, a government-owned newspaper published by the Ministry of Information in Yangon, reported on Nov 24 that the man is the only Singaporean among the 156 foreign nationals arrested in a raid on Nov 23. Those arrested had been hiding after committing offences that targeted neighbouring countries, including Thailand, it said.
This story is from the November 28, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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