Myanmar approves death sentence for cyberscam offences
The law also sets life sentences for running scam centres and crypto scams as Myanmar seeks to curb trafficking and torture in the industry.
- On Tuesday, July 28, 2026, Myanmar's Union Parliament passed the Anti-Online Scam Bill, authorizing capital punishment for those who coerce victims into scam center work. Union Parliament Speaker Aung Lin Dwe announced the approval during a live broadcast in Naypyidaw.
- Internet fraud factories have flourished in war-torn Myanmar, where civil war instability created fertile ground for organized crime groups running transnational scam operations in fortified compounds targeting web users worldwide with romance and cryptocurrency investment cons.
- Draft legislation published in May imposed sentences of 10 years to life imprisonment for operating scam centers or committing digital currency fraud. If coercion causes death, "the death penalty shall be imposed," the law states.
- Military authorities recently raided a cybercrime center, detaining over 2,000 people. Lower house MP Aye Chan confirmed the death sentence provisions remained in the final law, stating "the important parts of the bill remained the same."
- Analysts describe the parliament as a rubber-stamp legislature, with Western nations criticizing the military-backed vote as a sham meant to launder the junta's image. This legislation is the first passed by Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing's government.
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