Arya News - In order to ensure that deportation operations are systematic and convenient, officials have inspected the deportation processes of the departmental joint teams, the completeness of the statistics, and the accuracy of the information, and have ordered them to make necessary additions.
NAYPYIDAW – Three more South Korean nationals who illegally entered Myanmar through border crossings have been handed over.
Three South Korean nationals who illegally entered Myanmar through border routes via some neighboring countries, including Thailand, and committed online gambling, online fraud, and crimes in the Shwe Kuk Kol, Mae Htaw Tha Lay (KK Park) and Kyaukt areas of Myawaddy, Karen State, were transferred to their respective countries via the Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Bridge No. 2 today (June 10) in accordance with legal procedures and humanitarian considerations and friendship between the two countries.
In order to ensure that deportation operations are systematic and convenient, Deputy Director U Myint Phone of the Ministry of Immigration and Population, Kayin State, and officials have inspected the deportation processes of the departmental joint teams, the completeness of the statistics, and the accuracy of the information, and have ordered them to make necessary additions.
Then, the deportation handover ceremony was held, and was attended by U Myint Phone, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Immigration and Population, Karen State, and officials, Counselor Mr. Rhee Wuchan and officials from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Thailand, and officials from the Immigration Department of Tak Province, Thailand. Officials from Myanmar systematically handed over the documents related to the deportation to the officials from the relevant countries.
From January 30 to June 10, 2025, a total of 9,114 foreign nationals who entered Myanmar illegally were identified and detained, of whom 8,754 were systematically deported to relevant countries via Thailand in accordance with legal procedures. The remaining 360 foreign nationals are ready to be transferred to relevant countries and are being well-maintained.
The state is taking action to identify and arrest those involved in online scam center operations and the foreigners behind them, and is also cooperating to quickly deport foreigners who are in distress for various reasons and those who have been trafficked to their respective countries.