The group had been working at a scam center in Kyauk Khet Village in Karen State, according to the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), which controls the area.
Notorious warlord Saw Chit Thu claims he has done “a lot” to combat human trafficking to online scam centers in his Myawaddy fiefdom and helped free many of their victims.
The regime claims it is working with China to break apart online scam operations near the Chinese border in northern Shan State.
Saw Chit Thu among three Karen BGF leaders wanted on charges of transnational trafficking to notorious Myanmar border town of Shwe Kokko in Myawaddy.
No let up until the scam centers in Tachileik, Myawaddy and Payathonzu are shut, Bangkok says following protests in Myanmar.
Thai Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin said the ministry will open a command center and send mobile teams to treat Myanmar refugees living in shelters.
The former premier said Thailand will resume power supply after the criminal networks have been banished.
The Karen Border Guard Force in Myawaddy on the Thai border says it is working to break up trafficking operations in Karen State.
President Xi Jinping thanked Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for cutting off electricity and internet access to border areas in Myanmar that teem with online scammers.
The company’s oil trading unit, PTT Oil and Retail Business, is set to comply with Bangkok’s policy of cutting off resources to border scam centers in Myanmar.
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