Cash bribes buy passage for telecom scammers at Myanmar junta checkpoints
Myanmar junta troops at checkpoints in southeastern Mon and Karen states are collecting hefty bribes in Thai baht to allow telecom scam operators—locally known by the Mandarin term zhapian (fraud)—to travel freely throug
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