Myanmar proposes death sentence for cyberscam offences
The bill would impose capital punishment for violent coercion in scam centres and life imprisonment for operators and cryptocurrency fraud.
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The Myanmar government has proposed a new law imposing the death penalty on those involved in online scams or call center gangs, amid international pressure after Myanmar became the largest hub for cybercrime in ASEAN.
The country has become an important home of a criminal online fraud industry, which, according to the United Nations, uses torture and forced labour.A bill aims to introduce the death penalty in case of "cruel treatment with the aim of forcing to commit online scams."Burma published on Thursday a bill proposing the death penalty for those who violently compel victims to work in cyber-narcotics centres, a highly developed clandestine industry in …
Myanmar proposes death sentence for cyberscam offences
YANGON: Myanmar published a parliamentary bill on Thursday (May 14) proposing the death sentence for those who detain or violently coerce victims into working in online scam centres.Internet fraud factories have flourished in war-torn Myanmar, part of Southeast Asia's thriving scam economy, targeting web user
Myanmar moots death penalty for conmen forcing victims into online scam centres
YANGON, May 14 — Myanmar published a parliamentary bill on Thursday proposing the death sentence for those who detain or violently coerce victims into working in online scam centres.Internet fraud factories have flourished in war-torn Myanmar, part of Southeast Asia’s thriving scam economy, targeting web users worldwide with romance and cryptocurrency investment cons.The multibillion-dollar black market attracts many willing employees, but repat…
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