An examination of developments since Thailand's 2023 power cuts to cyber scam compounds shows that the compounds actually expanded. Thailand's current crackdown on cyber scams in Myawaddy Township cannot succeed without targeting the root causes and dismantling the Myanmar military.

The Karen Border Guard Force/Karen National Army is a militia that has long allied with the Myanmar military and is notorious for human rights violations and involvement in organised crime.

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.

JFM urges the Thai government to apply for warrants for Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) leaders in court. The issuance of arrest warrants would be an important step towards addressing rampant criminality perpetuated by the Karen BGF leadership along the Thai border.

Despite Myanmar civil society’s repeated calls for ASEAN to end all engagements with the military junta, ASEAN and key members have continued to aid and abet the military’s terror campaign, betraying the people of Myanmar.

The Myanmar junta-allied Karen Border Guard Force (BGF), rebranded as the Karen National Army (KNA), has built a transnational network of businesses that enriches the militia’s ruling family and their associates, and causes widespread suffering.

Justice For Myanmar calls on GMS countries to cancel the conference and ban the junta from the GMS program. The ADB, which has decided to not attend the conference, should reconsider its support for the GMS program while it continues to engage with the junta.

The Myanmar military has been invited to the Tri-Service Asian Defense & Security Exhibition, Conference and Networking Event in Bangkok, organised by a joint venture of Informa, the parent company of academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group. JFM demands Informa ban the Myanmar junta from all events.