The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar told the Global Times on Friday that it will continue to maintain contact with multiple parties in Myanmar to carry out further rescue efforts following the rescue of 39 Chinese nationals involved in cross-border fraud on Thursday.

Thailand cut electricity supplies on Wednesday to several areas in neighboring Myanmar that are home to sites at the center of a global, billion-dollar online scam industry.

Residents in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, on the border with Thailand, are suffering severe impacts from the Thai government’s decision to cut electricity, internet and fuel supplies to the township on Feb 5.