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CORRECTED: Myanmar scam centers

CORRECTED: Myanmar scam centers

Foreign nationals, mostly Chinese, are seen on Feb. 26, 2025, at a building in "KK Park," a compound of scam centers believed to be run by Chinese crime syndicates, near Myawaddy, an eastern Myanmar town bordering Thailand, after being rescued from forced labor at the centers.

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Myanmar scam centers

Myanmar scam centers

Photo taken Feb. 26, 2025, shows houses with Chinese lanterns in Myawaddy, an eastern Myanmar town bordering Thailand. Scam centers to have been operated by Chinese crime syndicates were located near the town, with many foreigners forced to work there.

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China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

A group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in fraud returned to China under the escort of Chinese police on Thursday after being repatriated from Myawaddy in Myanmar. The suspects were first sent to Thailand before being flown back to China on several chartered flights, which arrived at an airport in Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu Province. The repatriation of these suspects marks a significant achievement of law enforcement cooperation between China, Myanmar and Thailand against telecom fraud, according to a statement by the Ministry of Public Security. Photo by Xinhua/Yin Gang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

A group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in fraud returned to China under the escort of Chinese police on Thursday after being repatriated from Myawaddy in Myanmar. The suspects were first sent to Thailand before being flown back to China on several chartered flights, which arrived at an airport in Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu Province. The repatriation of these suspects marks a significant achievement of law enforcement cooperation between China, Myanmar and Thailand against telecom fraud, according to a statement by the Ministry of Public Security. Photo by Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

A group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in fraud returned to China under the escort of Chinese police on Thursday after being repatriated from Myawaddy in Myanmar. The suspects were first sent to Thailand before being flown back to China on several chartered flights, which arrived at an airport in Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu Province. The repatriation of these suspects marks a significant achievement of law enforcement cooperation between China, Myanmar and Thailand against telecom fraud, according to a statement by the Ministry of Public Security. Photo by Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

A group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in fraud returned to China under the escort of Chinese police on Thursday after being repatriated from Myawaddy in Myanmar. The suspects were first sent to Thailand before being flown back to China on several chartered flights, which arrived at an airport in Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu Province. The repatriation of these suspects marks a significant achievement of law enforcement cooperation between China, Myanmar and Thailand against telecom fraud, according to a statement by the Ministry of Public Security. Photo by Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

A group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in fraud returned to China under the escort of Chinese police on Thursday after being repatriated from Myawaddy in Myanmar. The suspects were first sent to Thailand before being flown back to China on several chartered flights, which arrived at an airport in Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu Province. The repatriation of these suspects marks a significant achievement of law enforcement cooperation between China, Myanmar and Thailand against telecom fraud, according to a statement by the Ministry of Public Security. Photo by Xinhua/Yin Gang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

A group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in fraud returned to China under the escort of Chinese police on Thursday after being repatriated from Myawaddy in Myanmar. The suspects were first sent to Thailand before being flown back to China on several chartered flights, which arrived at an airport in Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu Province. The repatriation of these suspects marks a significant achievement of law enforcement cooperation between China, Myanmar and Thailand against telecom fraud, according to a statement by the Ministry of Public Security. Photo by Xinhua/Yin Gang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

A group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in fraud returned to China under the escort of Chinese police on Thursday after being repatriated from Myawaddy in Myanmar. The suspects were first sent to Thailand before being flown back to China on several chartered flights, which arrived at an airport in Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu Province. The repatriation of these suspects marks a significant achievement of law enforcement cooperation between China, Myanmar and Thailand against telecom fraud, according to a statement by the Ministry of Public Security. Photo by Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

A group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in fraud returned to China under the escort of Chinese police on Thursday after being repatriated from Myawaddy in Myanmar. The suspects were first sent to Thailand before being flown back to China on several chartered flights, which arrived at an airport in Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu Province. The repatriation of these suspects marks a significant achievement of law enforcement cooperation between China, Myanmar and Thailand against telecom fraud, according to a statement by the Ministry of Public Security. Photo by Xinhua/Yin Gang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

A group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in fraud returned to China under the escort of Chinese police on Thursday after being repatriated from Myawaddy in Myanmar. The suspects were first sent to Thailand before being flown back to China on several chartered flights, which arrived at an airport in Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu Province. The repatriation of these suspects marks a significant achievement of law enforcement cooperation between China, Myanmar and Thailand against telecom fraud, according to a statement by the Ministry of Public Security. Photo by Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

A group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in fraud returned to China under the escort of Chinese police on Thursday after being repatriated from Myawaddy in Myanmar. The suspects were first sent to Thailand before being flown back to China on several chartered flights, which arrived at an airport in Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu Province. The repatriation of these suspects marks a significant achievement of law enforcement cooperation between China, Myanmar and Thailand against telecom fraud, according to a statement by the Ministry of Public Security. Photo by Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

A group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in fraud returned to China under the escort of Chinese police on Thursday after being repatriated from Myawaddy in Myanmar. The suspects were first sent to Thailand before being flown back to China on several chartered flights, which arrived at an airport in Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu Province. The repatriation of these suspects marks a significant achievement of law enforcement cooperation between China, Myanmar and Thailand against telecom fraud, according to a statement by the Ministry of Public Security. Photo by Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

China Repatriates 200 Online Scam Workers from Myanmar - China

A group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in fraud returned to China under the escort of Chinese police on Thursday after being repatriated from Myawaddy in Myanmar. The suspects were first sent to Thailand before being flown back to China on several chartered flights, which arrived at an airport in Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu Province. The repatriation of these suspects marks a significant achievement of law enforcement cooperation between China, Myanmar and Thailand against telecom fraud, according to a statement by the Ministry of Public Security. Photo by Xinhua/Yin Gang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Myanmar ethnic armed group leader

Myanmar ethnic armed group leader

Saw Chit Thu, leader of the Karen Border Guard Force, a Myanmar ethnic armed group with ties to the junta, speaks to reporters in Myawaddy, Myanmar, on Feb. 17, 2025.

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Myawaddy-Kawkareik road in Myanmar opened

Myawaddy-Kawkareik road in Myanmar opened

A new 40-kilometer road connecting the eastern Myanmar town of Myawaddy with Kawkareik in a mountain range is seen on Aug. 30, 2015, in Myawaddy. There are high hopes of the border town developing into one of the country's economic hubs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony to mark start of construction of 2nd Thai-Myanmar bridge

Ceremony to mark start of construction of 2nd Thai-Myanmar bridge

Thai and Myanmar dignitaries attend a ceremony in Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on Aug. 30, 2015, to mark the start of the construction of the second Thai-Myanmar friendship bridge linking Mae Sot and Myawaddy in eastern Myanmar. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Construction begins on 2nd bridge linking Thailand and Myanmar

Construction begins on 2nd bridge linking Thailand and Myanmar

Myanmar Vice President U Nyan Tun (L) and Thai Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak shake hands during a groundbreaking ceremony for the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot, Thailand, on Aug. 30, 2015. The bridge linking the Myanmar border town of Myawaddy and Mae Sot will play a key role in the East-West Economic Corridor traversing continental Southeast Asia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Special economic zone at Thai-Myanmar border faces problems

Special economic zone at Thai-Myanmar border faces problems

People chat at a market in the town of Myawaddy in eastern Myanmar, near the border with Thailand, on Aug. 29, 2015. The border region is rapidly being developed into a special economic zone, but also faces security concerns on the Myanmar side and land disputes on the Thai side. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Checkpoint in Myawaddy, Myanmar's border town with Thailand

Checkpoint in Myawaddy, Myanmar's border town with Thailand

Photo taken on Aug. 29, 2015, shows a checkpoint in the border town of Myawaddy in eastern Myanmar which leads to Thailand's northwestern district of Mae Sot. Both countries have been developing the area as a free trade zone, the first such bloc in the border area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Alligator-shaped temple in Myanmar

Alligator-shaped temple in Myanmar

MYAWADDY, Myanmar - A huge alligator statue is seen in this file photo taken at a temple in Myawaddy, southeastern Myanmar, on Oct. 21, 2014. The temple is famous for the legend of a man-eating alligator that later converted to Buddhism. (Photo by Toshihiro Yatagai) (Kyodo)

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