undreds of Chinese foreign nationals were arrested in a raid at the KK Park scam compound in Myawaddy town, near the Thai-Myanmar border, Myanmar state media MRTV reported on Friday (November 21).

Footage released on Friday by MRTV of the crackdown saw buildings in the compound demolished by explosives and pulled apart by excavators, while hundreds of foreign nationals sat on the road with their belongings, some with their heads lowered, before they were led away.

On Monday (November 17), Myanmar state media reported that Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing had told military commanders at a regional headquarters to "eradicate" scam centers "as a national responsibility" but did not give details.

By Tuesday (November 18), soldiers from Myanmar's military and the Karen National Army (KNA) began operations around the frontier town of Myawaddy, a major hub for scam operations and human trafficking that houses multiple compounds.

So far, they have demolished over 180 buildings, detained over 1,000 foreign nationals and seized 2,653 computers and 21,750 mobile phones, Myanmar state media reported on Friday.

Online scam operations along the frontier are part of Southeast Asian criminal networks spanning countries including Myanmar and Cambodia that generate billions of dollars every year by defrauding people across the world, often using human trafficking victims.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

MYAWADDY, MYANMAR (RELEASED NOVEMBER 21, 2025) (MRTV - No use Myanmar)

1. VARIOUS OF EXPLOSIONS ON SCAM CENTRE BUILDINGS AT KK PARK SCAM COMPOUND

2. VARIOUS OF EXCAVATORS CLEARING DEBRIS AT DEMOLISHED BUILDINGS

3. VARIOUS OF ILLEGAL FOREIGN NATIONALS AND SCAM CENTRE OPERATORS SITTING ON ROAD INSIDE KK PARK, GUARDED BY SECURITY PERSONNEL

4. PEOPLE SQUATTING ON ROAD WITH HEADS DOWN

5. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WITH BELONGINGS BEING LED AWAY BY SECURITY PERSONNEL