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Telephone scam: Why Chinese police conduct raids in Myanmar

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Published: November 22nd, 2024,
Last updated: November 23rd, 2024

China’s Premier Li Qiang met with Myanmar’s head of government Min Aung Hlaing in Kunming in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan on November 6, 2024.

China’s and Myanmar’s law enforcement agencies have „wiped out“ all major telecom scam centers in northern Myanmar, according to Chinese state media reports on Thursday. As part of the crackdown, police from Yunnan Province and colleagues in Myanmar arrested 1,079 people in a raid over the weekend. 763 of them were reportedly Chinese citizens.

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