The Myanmar government emphasizes the elimination process of telecom frauds and online 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 inspected a location near Maethawtalay village in Myawady Township, Kayin State on 14 March and a total of 86 individuals were arrested there.

During the operation at 12 noon on 15 March, authorities raided and arrested 69 individuals in the jungle, 650 metres east of Maethawtalay village, including 63 Chinese men, two Chinese women, one Vietnamese man, one Malaysian woman, one Russian woman, and one Laotian woman. The arrestees are currently detained in Myawady, while a joint departmental team is collecting their personal data and records.

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