[Series] #1 Le Yunnan, Chinese police operating base in Myanmar

This series aims to describe the increase in Chinese police presence in Southeast Asia.. We start with Myanmar. Other countries like Laos and Thailand will follow.

These last months, the Chinese media are rave. Between September and October, 2 349 suspects of “internet fraud” [Telephone fraud] were handed over to Chinese authorities by Burmese police.

Ce “success”, illustrated by a number of videos and photos in Chinese newspapers, interrogates. The nationality of the accused is never specified. Are they Chinese nationals, or simply Burmese of Chinese origin ? The media does not specify. Why doesn't Myanmar try them in its own courts?, under the principle of territorial jurisdiction of judges ? And finally, why this jubilation on the part of the official media ?

The operations leading to these series of extraterritorial arrests go back a long way. Already in 2017, la province du Yunnan (Chine) laid the foundation stone of police cooperation with its border neighbors, and in particular Myanmar with the founding of a “Lancang-Mekong Global Security and Law Enforcement Cooperation Center”. Goal displayed: fight against online fraud [Telephone fraud].