Over 40,000 scam suspects in Myanmar handed over to China in 2023: state media

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Beijing state media said on Friday that over 40,000 persons who were allegedly involved in cyber frauds in Myanmar were turned over to China last year. In Myanmar’s border regions, online fraud networks have grown rapidly, using people from China and other nations who are frequently trafficked and made to work defrauding their own people. Beijing, a significant supporter of Myanmar’s regime, is incensed by the frauds and has frequently instructed the military to take tough measures against the sector, which is estimated by analysts to be worth billions of dollars annually. “Since August, the number of telecommunications internet fraud...