Whopping 49,000 telecom scam suspects extradited to China from Myanmar, say cops

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BEIJING/YANGON: Over 49,000 criminal suspects of telecom and internet fraud have been handed over to Chinese custody by Myanmar since July 2023, according to the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on Monday (May 27).

Several notorious criminal groups linked to the fraud have been dealt crushing blows with a number of major criminal suspects arrested, the ministry said at a press conference.