working to dismantle the myanmar military cartel

In February 2025, Thailand suspended electricity and fuel exports to Myanmar border areas where the cyber scam industry has developed a significant foothold. However, to succeed, Thailand's cyber scam crackdown needs to address the root causes.

國際組織「即刻連線」（Access Now）近期發布《肆無忌憚的加害者，岌岌可危的社群：2024 年的網路封鎖》，報告揭露執政者在54個國家至少實施了296次網路封鎖（Internet shutdown），以緬甸發生的次數最多，研究發現緬甸的斷網行為還有中國介入。

The first few alliance partners of the Milk Tea Alliance or MTA were Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Then people and groups from Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Tibet, Myanmar and beyond also joined. This was 2020. “The Milk Tea Alliance is a fairly horizontal, shifting diffuse movement. It’s not a single organisation,” says Xun-ling Au, who is a UK-based digital activist and an early supporter of MTA.

International advocacy groups are warning that it is becoming increasingly difficult to ensure supply chains fueling clean technology industries are sustainable as the largest producers are Chinese and they are mostly impervious to external pressure.

The Myanmar junta-allied Karen State Border Guard Force (BGF) is facing difficulties in managing over 8,700 foreign nationals rescued from scam compounds in Karen State’s Myawaddy Township as the repatriation process is taking longer than expected.

Justice For Myanmar (JFM) released a statement on 25 February, urging Thailand to issue arrest warrants for three leaders of the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF), Colonel Saw Chit Thu, Major Mote Thone, and Colonel Tin Win. The organization is calling for these individuals to be held accountable for their crimes against victims.