Online scam networks in SEAsia still intact despite China crackdown

By Associated Press

Oct 24, 2023 12:06 am

BANGKOK: Zhang Hongliang, a former restaurant manager in central China, took various gigs in and outside the East Asian country to support his family after losing his job during the coronavirus pandemic.

In March, a job offer to teach Chinese cooking at a restaurant led him into a cyber scam compound in Myanmar, where he was instead ordered to lure Chinese into giving up their savings for fake investment schemes via social media platforms.

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