Junta angry over blockbuster ‘tarnishing’ its reputation


The junta has lashed out at close ally China over a blockbuster film on human trafficking and scam compounds that has “tarnished” its reputation, state media reported.

Chinese thriller No More Bets tells the story of a computer programmer who is trafficked to an unnamed South-East Asian country and forced to work as an online scammer for a syndicate.

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