FILE PHOTO: This photo taken on September 17, 2025 shows what appears to be Starlink satellite dishes on the roofs of buildings at the KK Park complex in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy township, as pictured from Mae Sot district in Thailand's border province of Tak. Myanmar's junta raided one of the country's most notorious internet scam centres and seized Starlink devices, it said on October 20, 2025, after an AFP investigation revealed an explosion in their use in the billion-dollar black market. - AFP
YANGON: Myanmar's junta raided one of the country's most notorious internet scam centres and seized Starlink devices, it said Monday (Oct 20), after an AFP investigation revealed an explosion in their use in the billion-dollar black market.
Internet sweat shops where workers scam unsuspecting foreigners with business or romance schemes have thrived in war-ravaged Myanmar's lawless border regions since the coronavirus pandemic.
