Cybercrime crackdown reveals warming ties between China and Myanmar
Operations to smash online fraud bases in Myanmar’s northern regions put military junta and Beijing in good light, observers sayChina described as burnishing its Global Security Initiative credentials while Myanmar has a chance to improve its regional standingDiplomacyDewey SimPublished: 12:00pm, 15 Sep, 2023Why you can trust SCMP
More than 1,200 fraud suspects were handed over to the Chinese government from northern Myanmar on Friday, with state news agency Xinhua calling it a “major result” for China’s efforts to crack down on criminal online scam operations.
The handover followed the arrest of 269 other suspects involved in Myanmar-based cyber scams earlier last week, in an operation that brought down 11 bases operating in the northern region which is largely controlled by armed ethnic groups.