China presses Myanmar to crack down on cross-border cyberscams targeting Chinese
- Foreign Minister Qin Gang urges Myanmar to tackle the fraud schemes he says Chinese people are ‘deeply resentful’ about
- China has repeatedly told Myanmar to hunt down crime syndicates through joint law enforcement operations
Foreign Minister Qin Gang has urged Myanmar to take “effective measures” to crack down on cross-border telecoms fraud targeting Chinese nationals, and called for joint law enforcement to tackle the scams.
Qin made the remarks during a two-day visit to Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw and the neighbouring southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan.
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“The Chinese government places great importance on this issue and is determined to take stringent action to crack down [on these cross-border crimes],” Qin said.
In high-level talks, China has repeatedly pressed Myanmar to take action against telecoms and online fraud, which often targets Chinese nationals.
In a meeting with Myanmar’s Home Affairs Minister Soe Htut in March, China’s top envoy to Myanmar, Chen Hai, urged the country to do more to rein in the groups behind the scams.
That meeting came soon after another case that was widely publicised on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter.
