28.04.2025 – 02.05.2025 A Tate Papers A Pine 1

The United Wa State Army (UWSA) has warned that any online money laundering gangs renting offices in the Wa Self-Administered Region will have their houses and properties confiscated.

Police have launched operations to crack down on online money laundering networks in the Wa Self-Administered Region, with a small number of criminals reportedly fleeing the crackdown.

The UWSA has compiled a list of successes in combating money laundering in the Wa Self-Administered Region, and has issued four points to strictly curb the spread of such activities.

Any form of involvement in online money laundering, whether direct or indirect, is strictly prohibited, and any violation will be severely punished, the UWSA said.

The UWSA statement said that anyone living in the ‘Wa’ Self-Administered Region who is involved in money laundering and provides office space to an electronic money laundering gang will have their houses and properties confiscated.

In addition, if anyone is suspected of being involved in a hotel (or) fraud investigation or renting a house, their identity information must be carefully verified and properly registered, and if anything suspicious is found, they must immediately report it to the justice department.

The UWSA statement also said that the public’s cooperation is also needed in combating and preventing online money laundering.

If anyone finds anything suspicious about money laundering, they can call 09687290009, 09678083338 and report it, the UWSA said.

A pickup truck carrying 19 Myanmar nationals who had illegally entered Thailand was stopped by police when it drove into a river and fled, according to Thai media reports.

On April 25, police in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, stopped a pickup truck carrying 19 Myanmar nationals illegally, but the driver fled the scene and drove the vehicle into the Khway Yang River.

The 19 Myanmar nationals included men, women and children, and were reportedly on their way to Malaysia.

The black Nissan Navara failed to stop for police at the traffic lights on Lat Yai Road in Kanchanaburi, before colliding with another vehicle and a local car washing its car by the river. The driver jumped out of the car and fled across the Khwayang River.

Police rescued and questioned 19 Myanmar nationals, who said they had come from Yangon, Myanmar, and had paid 85,000 baht each to traffickers. The adult Myanmar nationals have been charged with illegally entering Thailand, and police are searching for the driver who fled across the river.