Myanmar official: A large number of illegal immigrants have been found, 1,030 people have been reviewed and controlled, and the repatriation and handover work will be accelerated
According to the CCTV news client, the reporter of the main station learned that the news and information group of the Myanmar State Management Commission said on the 17th that senior officials from Myanmar, China and Thailand arrived at the Myawaddy Electric Fraud Park in Kayin State to form a joint working group to crack down on illegal and criminal acts of electric fraud and online gambling, and accelerate the repatriation of foreigners who illegally entered Myanmar. Since the launch of the operation to crack down on the Myawaddy Wire Fraud Park, Myanmar has detected a large number of foreigners who have entered the country illegally through neighboring countries, and 1,030 foreigners have been examined and controlled between January 30 and February 16. A joint working group composed of senior officials from Myanmar, China and Thailand is conducting a detailed investigation into the identification and detailed investigation of illegal immigrants, and will expedite the repatriation and handover process.
A few days ago, the Myanmar side has repatriated some of the illegal immigrants, and the remaining people are being handed over and repatriated to their countries of origin as soon as possible in accordance with the relevant provisions of the law.
Assistant Minister of Public Security to Myanmar
On February 14, 2025, Ambassador Ma Jia and Assistant Minister of Public Security Liu Zhongyi held talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar Dansui and Minister of the Interior Ton Tun Nan respectively on February 14, 2025, and had an in-depth exchange of views on further strengthening China-Myanmar law enforcement and security cooperation and jointly cracking down on cross-border crimes such as telecommunication network fraud and human trafficking.

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China is willing to actively carry out bilateral and multilateral cooperation with Myanmar, Thailand and other neighboring countries, take comprehensive measures to address both the symptoms and the root causes, work together to stop lawbreakers from committing crimes in relevant countries, jointly eradicate the “cancer” of online gambling and electronic fraud, and maintain the normal order of exchanges and cooperation between countries in the region.
The Myanmar side introduced the Myanmar government’s recent specific measures to crack down on online gambling and wire fraud, and said that the Myanmar side attaches great importance to and severely cracks down on illegal and criminal acts such as online gambling and wire fraud, and will strengthen coordination with China and other relevant neighboring countries, promote bilateral and multilateral cooperation, and explore the establishment of a normalized cooperation mechanism to jointly crack down on cross-border crimes such as online gambling and wire fraud.

Image source: WeChat official account of the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar