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Casinos, high-rises and fraud: The BBC visits a bizarre city built on scams
It is called Shwe Kokko, or Golden Raintree. It is accused of being a city built on scams, home to a lucrative yet deadly nexus of fraud, money-laundering and human trafficking. The man behind it ...
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Shwe Kokko: How governance failures and political quagmire created Myanmar’s most notorious crime hub
Shwe Kokko, in Karen State’s Myawaddy Township, is seen from the Thai side of the border (Myanmar Now) The story of how the Shwe Kokko New City Project became synonymous with transnational crime is ...
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Former Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe’s son-in-law sentenced to three years in prison for incitement
MANDALAY: Dr. Nay Soe Maung (pic), the son-in-law of Senior General Than Shwe (retired), was sentenced to three years in prison by a court inside Mandalay’s Obo Prison on January 16, according ...
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Myanmar Junta Jails Ex-Dictator Than Shwe’s Son-In-Law for 3 Years
Dr. Nay Soe Maung, the son-in-law of former military dictator Than Shwe, has been handed three years in jail for alleged sedition nearly three months after being detained and tried at a junta court in ...