A total of 200 Chinese nationals involved in telecom fraud and criminal activities have been extradited, sources said.

The government is working with neighboring countries and international organizations to investigate and combat telecom fraud and criminal activities, and is systematically transferring foreign nationals involved in these activities to their respective countries.

In this transfer, 200 Chinese nationals who illegally entered Myanmar through border routes and engaged in illegal online gambling, online fraud and criminal activities in the Shwe Kokko and KK Park areas of Myawady, Kayin State, were systematically transferred to their respective countries via Thailand on the morning of February 20 in accordance with legal procedures, in the spirit of humanitarianism and friendship between the two countries.

“A batch of 200 people were transferred in the morning, with 50 transferred in the morning and the rest in the afternoon and evening,” said Lt. Col. Naing Maung Zaw.

According to the confessions of the Chinese nationals who were transferred, most of them initially arrived in Bangkok, Thailand, and then in Mae Sot, a border town on the Myanmar-Thailand border, and were illegally taken by telecom fraud agents to cross the Thaung Yin (Moei) River on the Thai-Myanmar border and forced to participate in online fraud and online gambling in the Myawady-KK Park area.

Some armed groups are active in the Shwe Kokko area, which has created difficulties in carrying out law and order and administrative matters. Taking advantage of the restrictions, those seeking self-interest are committing crimes including online gambling, and the basic requirements for online fraud are obtained from other countries, and most of the investments are made by foreign organizations.

The state is taking steps to identify and arrest those involved in online scam center operations and foreigners behind them, and to take effective and severe action. It is also cooperating to quickly deport foreigners who are suffering and foreigners who have been trafficked to their respective countries.