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The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on junta ally Karen National Army (KNA), its leader Colonel Saw Chit Thu and his two sons for cyber scams and human trafficking. [2]
On Wednesday, the US took decisive action against cyber scam operations by imposing sanctions on the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) and four of its senior leaders: Saw Steel, Sai Kyaw Hla, Saw Sein Win and Saw San Aung. [3]
Myanmar’s junta has blacklisted a company owned by Saw Chit Thu, a notorious warlord and chief of the regime-aligned Karen State Border Guard Force, for failing to deposit foreign currency export earnings into a junta-controlled bank. [4]
The Shwe Kokko crime hub, which was initially pitched as a large-scale mixed commercial, residential and leisure development project known as “China Town,” sprung up nearly a decade ago on the bank of the Moei River on the Thailand-Myanmar border. [5]
Photos – Meeting Phyo Wai, founder of the Phyo Wai Club, Saw Chit Thu’s son, Lieutenant Colonel Saw Chit Thu, and Thway Lin Htet. [6]
Myanmar has never been safe for its own people—least of all when the military rules. Yet under the military, the country has always been a safe haven for criminals. From drug kingpins to warlords, the generals have sheltered them for decades. [7]
Mizzima Thailand’s Constitutional Court is expected to rule next week on whether to extradite Chinese gambling tycoon She Zhijiang to China, where he faces criminal charges related to illegal online gambling operations, according to court and legal s... [8]
Mizzima Despite the Thai authorities cutting internet and phone connections to the Shwe Kokko and KK Park scam centres on the Thai border in Karen State they are still operating by using the Burmese Mytel telecommunications network. [9]
The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on junta ally Karen National Army (KNA), its leader Colonel Saw Chit Thu and his two sons for cyber scams and human trafficking.
On Wednesday, the US took decisive action against cyber scam operations by imposing sanctions on the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) and four of its senior leaders: Saw Steel, Sai Kyaw Hla, Saw Sein Win and Saw San Aung.
Myanmar’s junta has blacklisted a company owned by Saw Chit Thu, a notorious warlord and chief of the regime-aligned Karen State Border Guard Force, for failing to deposit foreign currency export earnings into a junta-controlled bank.
The Shwe Kokko crime hub, which was initially pitched as a large-scale mixed commercial, residential and leisure development project known as “China Town,” sprung up nearly a decade ago on the bank of the Moei River on the Thailand-Myanmar border.
Photos – Meeting Phyo Wai, founder of the Phyo Wai Club, Saw Chit Thu’s son, Lieutenant Colonel Saw Chit Thu, and Thway Lin Htet.
Myanmar has never been safe for its own people—least of all when the military rules. Yet under the military, the country has always been a safe haven for criminals. From drug kingpins to warlords, the generals have sheltered them for decades.
Mizzima Thailand’s Constitutional Court is expected to rule next week on whether to extradite Chinese gambling tycoon She Zhijiang to China, where he faces criminal charges related to illegal online gambling operations, according to court and legal s
Mizzima Despite the Thai authorities cutting internet and phone connections to the Shwe Kokko and KK Park scam centres on the Thai border in Karen State they are still operating by using the Burmese Mytel telecommunications network.
Colonel Saw Chit Thu, leader of the Karen State Border Guard Force (BGF), said that he would like to be granted some time before his resignation of a military-affiliated organization comes into effect.