This is the backstory by BBC posted last November on what led to the beginning of the fall of #Laukkaing
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More than 100,000 foreign nationals, many of them Chinese, were estimated to have been lured to these #ScamCentres, where they were effectively imprisoned and forced to work long hours targeting victims all over the world. #Myanmar #China
The Chinese mafia's downfall in a lawless casino town - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67471138
🔴 Key #Myanmar city on border with #China seized by ethnic alliance; What we know:
ℹ The fall of #Laukkaing is the biggest in a series of defeats suffered by #Myanmar’s military government since the ethnic alliance launched an offensive Oct. 27
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/key-myanmar-city-on-border-with-china-seized-by-ethnic-alliance-what-we-know-101704560360260-amp.html #Burma #News
The fall of #Laukkaing late Thursday is the biggest in a series of defeats suffered by #Myanmar’s military government since the ethnic alliance launched an offensive Oct. 27.
The Three Brotherhood Alliance that took Laukkaing is composed of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army and the Arakan Army
Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it withdrew its forces from a key city on the northeastern border with China after it was taken over by an alliance of ethnic armed groups it has been battling for months. The fall of Laukkaing is the biggest in a series of defeats suffered by Myanmar’s military government since the ethnic alliance launched an offensive Oct. 27. It underlines the pressure the government is under as it battles pro-democracy guerrillas in the wake of a 2021 military takeover as well as ethnic minority armed groups across the country. Ethnic armed organizations have battled for greater autonomy for decades but Myanmar has been wracked by what amounts to civil war since the army seized power two years ago.
The #ceasefire appears to be localised to #Laukkai, also known as #Laukkaing, the capital of #Kokang.
Regaining control of the region, a "self-administered zone" which the #MNDAA controlled until 2009, would be the culmination of a 14-year quest for the ethnic Kokang army which is led by the Peng clan.
Temporary ceasefire agreed after #Myanmar rebel forces surround city notorious for #OnlineScam operations - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-15/three-brotherhood-alliance-kokang-laukkai-myanmar-ceasefire/103223536
PDFs and allied ethnic minority groups have been battling the Myanmar army for weeks in and around #Loikaw, a city nestled in lush hills and home to around 50,000 people in eastern Kayah state. #Laukkaing
Myanmar pro-democracy fighters battle to take state capital
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-pro-democracy-fighters-battle-to-take-state-capital
An interesting read about a mafia-style-run casino and scam centre and private militia operating on the China and Myanmar border, and the operations to bring them down.
The Thai foreign ministry said a group of 266 #Thais and an unspecified number of #Filipinos and #Singaporeans are being evacuated from #Laukkaing in northern #ShanState to the #Myanmar-#China border with help from the Myanmar authorities.
Thais, Filipinos to be evacuated from Myanmar via China amid heavy fighting | Global News
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/222978/thais-filipinos-to-be-evacuated-from-myanmar-via-china-amid-heavy-fighting?utm_source=(direct)&utm_medium=gallery
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