The military also said that between 18th and 23rd November, a total of 1,746 foreigners who had entered Myanmar illegally were arrested in the same area.
The Chinese nationals were taken into custody and then deported from the northern Shan state of Myanmar over the course of three months, from early September to mid-December.
A new UN report has been estimated that over 120,000 people in Myanmar, and at least 100,000 in Cambodia, have been trafficked and forced to run online scam rackets.