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.

BANGKOK — Thailand cut cross-border electricity supplies to several areas in Myanmar on Wednesday, in an effort to stamp out online scam centers blamed for scaring away Chinese tourists. Scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar's lawless borderlands,

Thailand cut cross-border electricity supplies to five locations in Myanmar on Wednesday, in an effort to stamp out online scam centres blamed for scaring away Chinese tourists. Fears among Chinese tourists of being kidnapped and forced to work in scam centres was blamed for a sharp drop in visitor numbers over the Lunar New Year holiday last week.