THE government is cracking down strictly on telecom fraud and criminal activities by cooperating with international countries, including neighbouring countries, and systematically deporting foreigners involved in these illegal activities. Authorities transported 214 Chinese nationals via the Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Bridge II on humanitarian grounds and for the sake of bilateral relations yesterday.
Most of these foreign nationals were lured into engaging in online gambling, telecom fraud, and other illegal activities in the Shwe Kokko, Maethawtalay, and KK Park areas of Myawady after entering the country illegally. According to their confessions, almost all of them crossed into Myanmar illegally through border crossings with neighbouring countries.
The handover ceremony was attended by Kayin State Security and Border Affairs Minister Colonel Min Thu Kyaw, Deputy Director-General Mr Liu Ning Ning of the Criminal Investigation Department of China’s Ministry of Public Security, officials from Thailand’s Immigration Department in Tak Province, and other authorities, who transferred the documents to the relevant officials from the respective countries.
Yesterday, 140 more foreign nationals who had entered the Myawady-Maethawtalay areas through illegal routes were detained. Their personal information and records are being collected by departmental teams for immediate repatriation to their respective countries.
From 30 January to 9 March, a total of 4,842 foreign nationals who entered Myanmar illegally were identified and detained. Of them, 2,189 have been systematically handed over to the relevant countries via Thailand according to legal procedures, while the remaining 2,653 foreign nationals are ready for repatriation and are being securely detained.
The government is also intensifying efforts to crack down on online scams and online gambling by cooperating with international countries, including neighbouring countries, particularly through the Myanmar-China-Thailand Trilateral Cooperation, and systematically repatriating foreigners involved in these operations.
MNA/ KZL
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