Myanmar’s military-backed parliament approves an “Anti-Online Scam Bill” that authorises the death penalty for certain offences linked to online scam centres. Multiple outlets report that the law is passed after MPs meet jointly in Naypyidaw to consider amendments to an earlier draft. Parliament Speaker Aung Lin Dwe says the legislation retains capital punishment provisions, as confirmed by a lower house MP in at least one report. The bill targets people who detain or violently coerce victims into working in scam centres, describing conduct that includes torture and unlawful arrest or detention, and cruel treatment carried out to force victims to commit online scams. One outlet specifies that the maximum penalties also cover operating or running scam centres and committing digital currency or “crypto” scams. Other reported penalties in the law include imprisonment terms ranging from about 10 years up to life in prison for serious offences that do not carry the death penalty. The law is framed as a crackdown on scam operations that have expanded in Myanmar amid ongoing conflict.