CNI News

17 January 2025

Leaders from Karen State Border Guard Force and the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) and Chinese businessmen held an emergency meeting to tackle online fraud (Zha Pian) in Karen State on 15th January 2025.

How to tackle online fraud, human trafficking and cross-border crimes was discussed in the meeting. In the same way, the meeting also set rules and regulations that business owners who want to invest in Myawaddy Township must follow. 

The rules and regulations contain preventing, forced labor, child labor, human trafficking, and torture. Moreover, fraudulent activities and online fraud activities, if they are found, must be reported.

If these rules and regulations are not followed, business closures and deportations will be carried out. Secretary of the Karen State BGF, Brig-Gen Saw Chit Thu and Brig-Gen Saw San Aung from the DKBA as well as several commanders and Chinese business people attended the meeting.

There are online fraudsters in Shwe Kokko Town, Myawaddy District that is controlled by the BGF and they even trafficked Chinese artists. 

Moreover, online fraudsters even tried to cheat her and she had directed her government to tackle the town where online fraudsters were staying, said Thai PM Paetongtarn on 15th January.