China, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos jointly combating telecom fraud in Thai-Myanmar border region: FM

BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- China has joined forces with Thailand, Myanmar and Laos to crack down on telecom fraud in the Thai-Myanmar border region, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday.

The telecom fraud parks in northern Myanmar near the border region with China have all been removed, Wang told a press conference on the sidelines of the ongoing annual session of the National People's Congress.

"Our mission is to cut off the predatory hands targeting Chinese nationals, and to remove the cancer of telecom fraud," Wang said.