{"id":777013952,"date":"2024-03-14T10:02:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777013952"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:04:30","slug":"myanmar-repatriates-800-chinese-nationals-for-illegal-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/myanmar-repatriates-800-chinese-nationals-for-illegal-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar repatriates 800 Chinese nationals for illegal online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The repatriation follows collaboration between Chinese, Thai, and Myanmar law enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Myanmar.- The Ministry of Public Security has reported that<strong>\u00a0over 800 Chinese nationals\u00a0<\/strong>implicated in online gambling and telecom fraud have been returned to China from Myanmar.\u00a0The repatriation follows collaboration between Chinese, Thai, and Myanmar law enforcement spanning over a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities emphasized the need for heightened international cooperation in law enforcement to tackle such transnational crimes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/myanmar-689-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-online-gambling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">military police arrested 689 people<\/a>\u00a0in a raid on a suspected gambling operation in Tachileik, a town located on the Thai-Myanmar border.\u00a0During the operation, conducted in collaboration with Thai authorities, 400 computers, 270 smartphones, 170 motorbikes and 10 cars were seized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-and-myanmar-arrest-269-cyber-scam-suspects\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China and Myanmar arrest 269 cyber scam suspects<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The repatriation follows collaboration between Chinese, Thai, and Myanmar law enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Over 800 Chinese nationals implicated in illicit online gambling and telecom fraud have been repatriated from Myanmar to China, following extensive collaboration between Chinese, Thai, and Myanmar law enforcement agencies. 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