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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Myanmar calls on countries to take back citizens held in crackdown on scam centers

Myanmar Scam Centers - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Myanmar’s military regime appealed to the international community on Sunday to take back hundreds of foreigners who have been detained in a crackdown on scam centers in the country's eastern Kayin state near the Thai border.

In recent months, the authorities have raided two major scam centers, KK Park and Shwe Kokko, on the outskirts of Myawaddy, a trading town on the border with Thailand. The operations resulted in the detention of thousands of foreign nationals.

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