Members of the junta-aligned Kayin State Border Guard Force take part in a crackdown on cyber scam centres in Shwe Kokko, in Kayin State’s Myawaddy Township, on February 18. (AFP)

Myanmar junta says nearly 1,600 foreigners arrested in scam hub raids

Myanmar's military said Sunday it arrested nearly 1,600 foreign nationals in five days in a highly publicised crackdown on a notorious internet scam hub on the Thai border.

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