CNI News
23 January 2025
Military chiefs of Myanmar and Thailand met and discussed ways to crack down online fraud together.
Vice-chairman of the State Administration Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defense Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe met and discuss with the Advisory Board Chairman of the Office of the Royal Thai Army Chief and Head of Army Operations Centre, Neighboring Countries Coordination Centre (NCCC) General Direk Bongkarn on 21st January 2025.
They discussed matters relating to elimination of human trafficking, online financial fraud at the meeting.
Myanmar’s legal action against illegal trawler and its fishermen of Thailand who fished illegally in Myanmar waters and the desired process, exchange of information for stability of border areas were discussed, reported the SAC.
While the BGF, the DKBA and Chinese businessmen were discussing about Zha Pian
There are online frauds (Zha Pian) in the Shwe Kokko New Town Project and KK Park.
Chinese actor Wang Xing was trafficked and other foreigners are being trafficked there.
This region has been controlled by the Karen State Border Guard force and the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) and they are doing business of online gambling and casinos in cooperation with Chinese business people.
Online frauds (Zha Pian) within Myanmar were located in the areas where EAO have been active and electricity and internet, basic needs, were gained from other countries, reported the State Administration Council (SAC) on 20th January 2025.
Thai PM Paetongtarn, online fraudsters and Zha Pian illegal business in Shwe Kokko
There are online frauds in the UWSA-controlled and the NDAA-controlled territories as well as Kokang self-administered regions controlled by the Kokang Border Guard Force.
Online frauds have been in the Philippines and Cambodia since 2015 and they reached Myanmar in later 2019.
While Myanmar was handing over online fraudsters within the UWSA territory to China
Foreign nationals involved in online fraud and online gambling were investigated and identified by the SAC and 55,711 illegal immigrants who were arrested from Laukkai, Muse, Tachileik, Myawaddy Towns and other border areas were sent back to their native countries.
The SAC sent illegal foreigners back to their native countries from 5th October 2023 to 13th January 2025 and of them, 53,388 people were sent back to China and 648 to Thailand and 20 to South Korea and 22 to Laos and 1,149 to Vietnam and 19 to the Philippines and 142 to Malaysia and 21 to Taiwan and 2 to Singapore and one to Poland and one to Spain and 13 to Russia and 38 to Indonesia and 3 to Uganda and two to Egypt and three to Cambodia and 96 to India and three to Morocco and two to Northern Ireland and one to Kazakhstan and two to Kanya and 60 to Sri Lanka and one to South Africa and one to Hong Kong and two to Sierra Leone and one to Ghana and one to Burundi and one to Turkmenistan and there are 55711 people altogether.
