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YANGON, Nov 19 — Myanmar’s military said today it raided an internet scam hub on the Thai border, arresting nearly 350 people, part of a highly publicised crackdown against the booming black market compounds.<\/p>\n

Sprawling fraud factories have ballooned in war-torn Myanmar’s border regions, housing scammers targeting internet users with romance and business cons worth tens of billions of dollars annually.<\/p>\n

Myanmar’s junta has long been accused of turning a blind eye but has trumpeted a crackdown since February after being lobbied by key military backer China, experts say.<\/p>\n

Additional raids beginning last month were part of a propaganda effort, according to some monitors, choreographed to vent pressure from Beijing without too badly denting profits that enrich the junta’s militia allies.<\/p>\n

Myanmar’s military descended on gambling and fraud hub Shwe Kokko yesterday morning, according to state media The Global New Light of Myanmar.<\/p>\n

“During the operation, 346 foreign nationals currently under scrutiny were arrested,” it said.<\/p>\n

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“Nearly ten thousand mobile phones used in online gambling operations were also seized.”<\/p>\n

Since a 2021 coup sparked a civil war, Myanmar’s loosely governed borderlands have proven fertile ground for scam hubs which analysts say are staffed by thousands of willing workers as well as people trafficked from abroad.<\/p>\n

But the junta’s military backer China has been increasingly irked at the number of its citizens who are both perpetrators and victims of the scams, experts say.<\/p>\n

The junta on Wednesday blamed armed opposition groups for allowing scam centres to operate under their protection, but said it had taken action after wrestling back territorial control.<\/p>\n

The Global New Light of Myanmar said the Yatai firm of Chinese-Cambodian alleged racketeer She Zhijiang was “the entity involved” in running the Shwe Kokko area.<\/p>\n

She was arrested in Thailand in 2022 and extradited last week to China where he faces allegations of involvement in online gambling and fraud operations.<\/p>\n

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She and his company Yatai were previously under British and US sanctions.<\/p>\n

Washington says he transformed a village on the Myanmar-Thai border into Shwe Kokko—“a resort city custom built for gambling, drug trafficking, prostitution, and scams targeting people around the world”.<\/p>\n

In October, Myanmar’s junta announced raids on nearby scam centre KK Park, where it says it is currently demolishing more than 600 buildings.<\/p>\n

A highly publicised sweep starting in February saw around 7,000 alleged scammers repatriated and Thailand enact a cross-border internet blockade.<\/p>\n

Scam victims in Southeast and East Asia alone were conned out of up to US$37 billion (RM153 billion)  in 2023, according to a UN report, which said global losses were likely “much larger”. — AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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YANGON, Nov 19 — Myanmar’s military said today it raided an internet scam hub on the Thai border, arresting nearly 350 people, part of a highly publicised crackdown against the booming black market compounds. Sprawling fraud factories have ballooned in war-torn Myanmar’s border regions, housing scammers targeting internet users with romance and business cons worth…<\/p>\n

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