閱讀中文版本 A Government spokesperson has advised Hong Kong residents to avoid non-essential travel to those areas. Amidst the increasing reports of Hong Kong residents being lured to Southeast Asian countries and detained to engage in illegal work, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government has raised the Outbound Travel Alert (OTA) level for Myanmar’s south-eastern…
Hong Kong authorities will thoroughly investigate whether intermediaries luring residents into illegal work in Southeast Asia are being directly controlled by crime syndicates amid a resurgence in such scams, the security minister has pledged. Secretary for Security Tang Chris Tang Ping-keung also said on Saturday that the government would do its “utmost” to rescue 11…
HONG KONG: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government raised travel alert for southeastern Myanmar to red on Friday (Jan 17), following a number of cases of Hong Kong residents being lured to Southeast Asian countries and forced to work at scam farms. Of the government’s three-tier outward travel alert system, red is the middle…
Hongkongers should avoid making non-essential trips to southeastern areas of Myanmar, the Security Bureau has said in issuing a red travel alert, while a top official has met the country’s consul general in the city to follow up on a resurgence of job scams. The bureau said on Friday travellers needed to adjust plans and…
The Hong Kong government has escalated its travel warning for south-eastern Myanmar to a ‘significant threat’ level due to recent incidents involving Hong Kong residents. These cases involve individuals reportedly being coerced into unauthorized work activities in the region, prompting the government to issue warnings. A government spokesman emphasized that residents should reconsider their…
The Hong Kong government has heightened its travel alert for the southeastern parts of Myanmar, categorizing the region as a ‘significant threat’ due to suspicions that Hong Kong residents are being attracted there under false pretenses and detained for illegal activities. A government spokesman urged citizens to amend their travel plans and steer clear…
Text size A major Myanmar ethnic rebel group has sent a delegation to China for talks with its government, its spokesman told AFP on Monday, as Beijing looks to end fighting along its southern border. A delegation from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) had left on Sunday “for talks with the Chinese government” at China’s…
SANYA, China, Dec. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Yin Min Htwe, a former civil servant in Myanmar, is currently pursuing her academic career in China as an assistant researcher at the Coconut Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CRICATAS). Based in Sanya, a coastal city in Hainan in south China, she calls…
WASHINGTON — Offers from two armed resistance groups in Myanmar to participate in Chinese-brokered peace talks with the ruling junta are seen by analysts as the result of mounting pressure from Beijing and unlikely to end the wider insurgency. The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) credited China’s mediation efforts when it announced its readiness for…
VIENTIANE, LAOS — Southeast Asian defense chiefs met Thursday with their counterparts from China, the United States and other nations in Laos for security talks, which come as Beijing’s increasingly assertive stance in its claim to most of the South China Sea is leading to more confrontations. The closed-door talks put U.S. Secretary of Defense…