More than 300 Chinese nationals handed to China by Wa State after Crackdown on Cyber Scam

August 16
Wa State raided scam compound in largest operation since its crackdown on cyberfraud began last year. 308 Chinese nationals and seized equipment handed over to Chinese police on Yunnan border on 17 Aug.

MYANMAR/CHINA: 16 Aug, Wa State raided scam compound in largest operation since its crackdown on cyberfraud began last year. 308 Chinese nationals and seized equipment handed over to Chinese police on Yunnan border on 17 Aug. https://t.co/UTPpjs202f pic.twitter.com/Eg3lT9lvLr

— CyberScamMonitor (@CyberScamWatch) August 19, 2024

Chinese Suspects in Scam in Kokang handed to China by Wa State

August 21
Wa State arrests 9 Chinese suspects allegedly involved in the Crouching Tiger Villa (卧虎山庄) scam compound in Kokang, where a massacre of workers allegedly happened in 2023. Suspects handed to China.

MYANMAR/CHINA: Wa State arrests 9 Chinese suspects allegedly involved in the Crouching Tiger Villa (卧虎山庄) scam compound in Kokang, where a massacre of workers allegedly happened in 2023. Suspects handed to China. https://t.co/TFlEzbauCZ pic.twitter.com/peR4R9Q4nP

— CyberScamMonitor (@CyberScamWatch) August 21, 2024

What a South African Victim reports about the Cyber-Scamming-Industry in Myanmar

August 27:
Cyber scam operations in Myawaddy along the Thailand-Myanmar border are not just a threat to Southeast Asians, but a global threat. @EmilyFishbein11 talks to South African victims trafficked into the cyber-scamming industry. What they told her.

Cyber scam operations in Myawaddy along the Thailand-Myanmar border are not just a threat to Southeast Asians, but a global threat. @EmilyFishbein11 talks to South African victims trafficked into the cyber-scamming industry https://t.co/cLDGYxAV9F

— Justice For Myanmar (@JusticeMyanmar) August 27, 2024

Chinas Public Security says over 50'000 Chinese Fraud Suspects arrested in Northern Myanmar

August 28:
Ministry of Public Security states during press conference that over 50,000 Chinese fraud suspects have been arrested in northern Myanmar and repatriated, China continues to increase law enforcement cooperation and sustain crackdown. Read more.

MYANMAR/CHINA: 🇨🇳 Ministry of Public Security states during press conference that over 50,000 Chinese fraud suspects have been arrested in northern Myanmar and repatriated, China continues to increase law enforcement cooperation & sustain crackdown. https://t.co/GMJPwOZQKU pic.twitter.com/anV5IMt4u9

— CyberScamMonitor (@CyberScamWatch) August 28, 2024

After Chinese Pressure Chinese Cyber Scam Syndicate from Myawaddy relocates to Three Pagodas Pass

Crackdown on cyber scam operations in Myawaddy Township and northern Myanmar results in relocation, with Kayin BGF and DKBA helping Chinese criminal syndicates set up shop farther south in Payathonesu near Three Pagodas Pass, reports Frontier Myanmar.

MYANMAR: Crackdown on cyber scam operations in Myawaddy Township & northern Myanmar results in relocation, with Kayin BGF and DKBA helping Chinese criminal syndicates set up shop farther south in Three Pagodas Pass, reports @FrontierMM. 1/4 https://t.co/pohMNah3j3

— CyberScamMonitor (@CyberScamWatch) August 30, 2024

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The End of Chinese Godfathers in Laukkaing in Shan State

23. November 2023

Ming Zhenzhen and Ming Guoping in handcuffs, hold by Chinese police. Picture by Chinese Public Ministry

Jonathan Head of BBC describes, how online scam operations in the Wild West boom town Laukkiang in Shan State, near the border with China, were protected by Myanmars Military Junta and then terminated by rebel armys called Brotherhood Alliance and Chinese Police. Ming Guoping and Ming Zhenzhen are son and granddaughter of one of the powerful warlords who have run the town of Laukkaing for the past 14 years. The warlord himself - Ming Xuechang - died, Myanmars military said, he had taken his own life after being captured. Ming Xuechang was a henchman of Bai Suocheng, who heads one of the godfather families running criminal businesses in Laukkaing.


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Protests against Military Coup in Myanmar on February 15

Demonstrators protected the NLD headquarter in Yangon

Soldiers and police blocked off the headquarters of the National League for Democracy in Yangon this afternoon and demanded to search the building. There were at least 16 party members inside, and they refused to let them enter. Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the police’s blockade and prevented more police and military vehicles from entering the area. The police and soldiers left without entering the building.

Soldiers and police blocked off the NLDs headquarters in Yangon this afternoon and demanded to search the building. There were at least 16 party members inside, and they refused to let them enter. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar pic.twitter.com/JQVg46LSY5 pic.twitter.com/TKZleRY4BZ

— Nwe Oo Hlaing (@NweOoHlaing12) February 15, 2021

Soldiers and police blocked off the NLD’s headquarters in Yangon this afternoon and demanded to search the building. There were at least 16 party members inside, and they refused to let them enter. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar pic.twitter.com/DebzAs9ai1

— Myanmar Now (@Myanmar_Now_Eng) February 15, 2021

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Civil disobedience movement blocks administration

A significant aspect of ongoing protests against the military rule is the refusal of civil servants to go to work. This Civil Disobedience Movement has largely shut down the entire bureaucracy. On Monday staff from Ministry of Electric Power in Yangon has demonstrated.

The most significant aspect of ongoing protests against the military rule is the refusal of civil servants to go to work. This Civil Disobedience Movement has largely shut down the entire bureaucracy. Here is the latest protest of staff from Ministry of Electric Power in Yangon. pic.twitter.com/IOMSkE1HTg

— Myanmar Now (@Myanmar_Now_Eng) February 15, 2021

Naypyitaw: Police released protesters

Police in the afternoon have released at least 24 high school and university students who were among 40 detained in the morning in the capital Naypyitaw during a protest against the military regime.

Police this afternoon have released at least 24 high school and university students who were among 40 detained this morning in the capital Naypyitaw during a protest against the military regime. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar pic.twitter.com/1OvIePObq2

— Myanmar Now (@Myanmar_Now_Eng) February 15, 2021

Brutal crackdown on protesters in Mandalay

Demonstrators were calling on Myanma Economic Bank staff to join the civil disobedience. At about 4pm soldiers and police fired steel balls from air guns and used slingshots.

Soldiers and police used rubber bullets and slingshots to crack down on protesters in Mandalay this afternoon. At least three people were injured. It’s still unclear how many people were arrested. #WhatsHappeningInMaynmar #militarycoup pic.twitter.com/0e6wLCUzkE

— Myanmar Now (@Myanmar_Now_Eng) February 15, 2021

မန္တလေးတွင် ဆန္ဒပြပြည်သူများကို စစ်တပ်ဖြိုခွင်း

မန္တလေး မြန်မာ့စီးပွားရေး ဘဏ်ခွဲ ၁ ရှေ့တွင် စစ်အာဏာရှင်ဆန့်ကျင်ရေးဆန္ဒပြနေသူတွေကို စစ်တပ်က သေနတ်များ၊ လေးခွများဖြင့် ပစ်ခတ်ဖြိုခွဲခဲ့ပြီး မြင်ကွင်းပုံများ။ pic.twitter.com/seuunx6n2r

— Myanmar Now (@Myanmar_Now) February 15, 2021