Myanmar Parliament Approves Anti-Crypto Scam Bill with Life Imprisonment and Death Penalty Provisions

According to state-run Global New Light of Myanmar (GNLM), Myanmar's Parliament approved an anti-online scam bill on Tuesday that imposes prison terms of 10 years to life for crypto scams and operating online scam centers. The bill also prescribes up to life imprisonment or capital punishment for violence, torture, unlawful arrest, or detention used to coerce individuals into online scams, with the death penalty required when such conduct causes death.

Lower House MP Aye Chan confirmed that the final version retained the death-penalty provision with no significant changes to key provisions from the draft version published in May.