Japanese man taken into custody by Myanmar ethnic armed group

An armed ethnic minority group that effectively controls an area of eastern Myanmar where criminal organizations operate online fraud operations said Friday that it has taken a 36-year-old Japanese man into custody near the border with Thailand.The group, named the Border Guard Force, said the man was detained on Wednesday in Shwe Kokko, an area in Myawaddy that is home to the scam syndicates, in part of recent large-scale searches of such locations.The BGF also said it will extradite him soon. Sources close to the matter said police in Japan's northern prefecture of Hokkaido have obtained …READ FULL ARTICLE