Myanmar or Burma

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/53422177

In an indictment unsealed Tuesday, Brooklyn federal prosecutors charged Prince Holding Group chairman Chen Zhi with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. Chen, a native of China who is also known as “Vincent,” remained at large as of Tuesday...

According to Chen’s indictment, Prince Holding Group built at least 10 compounds in Cambodia where workers — often migrants held against their will — were forced to contact thousands of victims through social media or online messaging platforms, build rapport and entice them to transfer cryptocurrency with hopes of big investment returns.

The compounds functioned as forced labor camps, with dormitories surrounded by high walls and barbed wire fences, and automated call centers with hundreds of mobile phones lined up on racks controlling tens of thousands of fake social media profiles, prosecutors said. One compound was associated with Prince Holding Group’s Jinbei Casino Hotel. Another was known as “Golden Fortune.”

In 2023, the United Nations estimated around 100,000 people were being forced to carry out online scams in Cambodia, as well as at least 120,000 in Myanmar and tens of thousands in Thailand, Laos and the Philippines.

ARSA and RSO based in Bangladesh are launching attacks on AA outposts in Arakan. In recent years as the military Junta struggled to contain Arakan Army's advance, it has reportedly revived Rohingya guerilla groups providing them with arms training and funding. Rohingya guerillas had been fighting alongside the Junta who had caused their genocide back in 2017 against Arakan Army until the Junta lost control of Arakan to AA last year save for 3 isolated locations. Involvement of Bangladesh border guards would be an interesting development in this conflict.

Bangladesh's official position on Myanmar has been similar to that of India - to work and cooperate with the Junta without seemingly taking sides in the internal conflict in Myanmar.

Photo gallery of the town: https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/myanmar-conflict-civil-war-kyaukme-fc366f0536344b0c9cfae3cae602ab41

Several children were among at least 32 people killed and over 50 injured on Monday night when junta paragliders bombed a peaceful candlelight vigil in Sagaing Region’s Chaung-U Township.

On the evening of September 28, Arakan Army (AA) security troops found the bodies of six locals, who had been detained and executed by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA)