Over 3,500 people involved in online gambling and scamming activities in Myanmar’s border areas have been transferred to relevant countries, U Zeya , deputy director-general of the Media Development Department under the Ministry of Information of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
He made the remarks at a meeting of China and Myanmar media people held at the Wyndham Grand Yangon Hotel in Yangon on March 20 morning.
The country’s authorities are taking effective measures to combat the online gambling and scamming activities, and from January 30 to March 16, 2025, 6,599 foreign nationals who entered Myanmar illegally were identified and detained, and 3,588 of them were systematically transferred to the relevant countries through Thailand in accordance with procedures.
In addition, the remaining 3,011 foreign nationals are ready to be transferred to the relevant countries and are being held properly. Myanmar is working closely with neighboring countries and international organizations to prevent and combat online gambling and scam activities in Myanmar’s border areas.
Myanmar, China and Thailand are jointly cooperating to identify and arrest foreign nationals involved in online gambling, online fraud and online scan center operations and taking effective action against those behind the scenes. The detained foreign nationals are from China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Pakistan, India, Uganda, Ethiopia, Nepal, Thailand, Japan, Rwanda, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Ghana, Bangladesh, and Chinese Taipei, and most of whom are Chinese nationals.
