US Targets Junta-Linked Militia in Myanmar Over ‘Scam Compounds’
Saw Chit Thu speaks to reporters in Myawaddy, Myanmar, on Feb. 17.
Source: Kyodo/APThe US sanctioned a militia in Myanmar linked to the ruling junta for supporting and profiting from cyber scams “on an industrial scale” that have cost Americans billions of dollars.
The US Treasury Department on Monday said it sanctioned the Karen National Army, which operates in Myanmar’s southeast Kayin state bordering Thailand, as well as its leader, Saw Chit Thu, and his two sons.