231 more foreigners, who illegally entered Myanmar, exposed and detained

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  • 231 more foreigners, who illegally entered Myanmar, exposed and detained

NAY PYI TAW February 16

The government of Myanmar is effectively crushing crimes including illegal online gambling frauds and online scams occurring at the border.

While launching its anti-crime campaigns, the government could expose and detain 231 more foreigners, who entered Myawady-Shwe Kokko and KK Park through illegal routes, and is collecting necessary personal information and conducting the documentation and recording process with combined departmental teams within a day to transfer the detainees to the relevant countries.

The government could expose and detain 1030 foreigner illegal migrants during the period from 30 January 2025 to 16 February, systematically transfer 61 of them to Thailand in line with legal procedures, and was ready to send the remaining 969 back to the relevant countries. According to the available information, they were kept in a good condition.

The following are the voices of the detained foreigners.

Mr. Qian Le Ping (Chinese citizen)

I came to Mongla from China on 12 March 2018 from the illegal route after I received a job offer letter, saying that I would be employed in Mongla and the salary would be high.

In Mongla, I had to work at Yong Le Gong online game company of a Chinese man, Xiao Mu, for five years. I arrived at Shwe Kokko via Mongla on 3 December 2023. There I worked at an online computer and game advertising section of Hing Tu Guo Ji company of another Chinaman, Xiao Duo Duo, from noon to midnight every day. I was paid a monthly salary of 7000 Baht for three months. I did not receive any monthly salary for the remaining  months.

Mr. Zhuo Li(Chinese citizen)

My job was to send scam messages from Jin Man Tang, a company owned by a Chinese person, and my working time was 16 hours per day. I worked there for about nine months. I was paid 5000 Baht for the first month, but did not receive any salary for the remaining months.

To get to Shwe Kokko, I first went to Laos from China. From Laos, I traveled to Bangkok, Thailand,by car. With the help of a Thai driver, I went to Maesot from Bangkok. When in Maesot, I crossed a river by a motorized boat, and arrived at Shwe Kokko under the arrangements of a Thai. I started my journey after I received a contact from a Chinese citizen, I know well, through an online message, saying that I would get a job with 10,000 Yuan monthly salary. I was detained on 15 February.

Mr. Xu Yuan Shun (Chinese citizen)

After I got an online contact from a Chinese citizen, I knew well, saying that I would be hired at a monthly salary of 12,000 Yuan per month, I arrived at Bangkok from China by air on 3 May 2024, From Bangkok, I was transported to Maesot by a Chinese driver the next day. I arrived in Maesot. From there I arrived at Shwe Kokko under the arrangement of a Thai. I had to cross a river to reach Shwe Kokko, where I was employed at a company owned by a Chinese person. I had to work for 16 hours a day, and my job was to find more workers for the company through an online scamming process. I received a monthly salary of Baht 2000, and I worked there for about nine months.

Mr. Phimsanduk (Thai citizen)

After I had completed my studies in electronics, I worked at my native town, Lam Phun. At that time, I received an online contact that offered a job with a high salary in Shwe Kokko from a  woman I met on  Facebook. She offered me a job to recruit staff online; and said that the salary would be 30,000 Baht per month. So, I started my journey from Lam Phun in Thailand by a passenger bus on 5 January 2025. On arrival at Maesot, a Thai man drove me to the bank of Thaungyin River. I crossed the river by a mechanized boat and when I reached the other bank a Chinese man took me by car to Hong Chu company in Shwe Kokko. I was arrested while learning computer science to work in the online game sector.

Source: Myawady Web Portal