Myanmar hands over foreign nationals involved in online scams in trilateral anti-crime operation


YANGON: In a coordinated effort against online scams and related criminal activities, 266 Indian nationals and 25 Malaysian nationals involved in telecom fraud and other illicit operations have been handed over to their respective countries. Additionally, 247 foreign nationals have been detained.

This operation is part of a trilateral cooperation between Myanmar, China and Thailand aimed at dismantling online scam and gambling networks, including those orchestrating these activities from behind the scenes.

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