The Myanmar government emphasizes the elimination process of online scams and gambling, which harm the international community as well as the entire world, as a national duty. To ensure that such activities gain no foothold in the country, the government is actively conducting suppression operations in coordination with domestic forces and the governments of neighbouring countries.
Acting on information that foreigners were hiding in the area, a combined security team in Myawady Township raided a building located about 1,500 metres from Maethawtalay village in Myawady Township, Kayin State.
During the operation at 4 pm on 14 March, authorities arrested 45 individuals at the building and nearby houses 2,500 metres southeast from Maethawtalay village, including 43 Chinese men, one Filipino man, and one Thai woman. In addition, officials arrested 27 individuals (26 Chinese men and one Chinese woman) at buildings and houses 2,800 metres southeast from Maethawtalay village, and 14 individuals, including 10 Chinese men, one Malaysian man, one Filipino woman, one Thai woman, and one Vietnamese woman, at buildings and houses 2,700 metres southeast from the village.
The arrestees are currently detained in Myawady, while a joint departmental team is collecting their personal data and records.

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