Chinese minister meets 300 rescued from cyber scams; Karen National Liberation Army seizes three regime checkpoints

Chinese Assistant Public Security Minister Liu Zhongyi met with around 300 people, mostly from China, Malaysia, Pakistan, India, Kenya and Rwanda, in Myawaddy Township of Karen State on Monday. They were reportedly rescued from Shwe Kokko, which is located 15 miles (24 km) north of Myawaddy along the Burma-Thailand border. 

Shwe Kokko is under the control of the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF). “We have pledged to exile all those who operate scams on our soil,” Naing Maung Zaw, the BGF spokesperson, told AFP on Saturday. Liu Zhongyi visited a BGF command center to learn how assistance is being provided to those awaiting transfer across the river into Thailand.