BEIJING, July 6 — China, Myanmar, and Thailand have agreed to intensify cooperation to dismantle all telecom scam compounds and arrest all suspects in Myawaddy and other telecom fraud hubs, China's Ministry of Public Security announced today, reported Xinhua.
The decision was made during a recent ministerial meeting on a joint crackdown against telecom fraud, attended by law enforcement agencies from the three countries.
Through joint efforts, over 5,400 Chinese nationals suspected of fraud in Myawaddy have been repatriated in 2025, marking significant progress in the tripartite crackdown campaign.
This is not the first time China has collaborated with Southeast Asian countries to combat telecom fraud.
In November of last year, the ministry announced that all large-scale telecom fraud centres located near the China-Myanmar border in northern Myanmar had been dismantled.
By the end of 2024, over 53,000 Chinese nationals suspected of fraud had been arrested with the cooperation of Chinese and Myanmar police since the ministry launched a crackdown on telecom fraud in northern Myanmar in 2023.
Meanwhile, during China's cooperation with the Laotian police authority in 2024, 268 suspects involved in cross-border telecom fraud affecting Chinese citizens were returned from Laos to Chinese police custody.
— Bernama
