Infamous Digital Fraud Complex Connected with Asian Criminal Syndicate Targeted

The Burmese junta claims it has taken control of one of the most notorious scam compounds on the frontier with Thai territory, as it reclaims important area previously lost in the continuing civil war.

KK Park, located south of the boundary community of Myawaddy, has been associated with online fraud, money laundering and forced labor for the previous five-year period.

Countless people were lured to the complex with promises of well-paid positions, and then forced to run complex frauds, stealing countless millions of money from affected individuals all over the world.

The junta, previously compromised by its connections to the scam operations, now says it has seized the complex as it increases authority around Myawaddy, the main trade link to Thailand.

In the previous month, the junta has pushed back opposition fighters in several parts of Myanmar, attempting to increase the quantity of territories where it can organize a scheduled election, beginning in December.

It still doesn't control extensive areas of the state, which has been torn apart by conflict since a military coup in February 2021.

The election has been dismissed as a sham by anti-junta elements who have sworn to prevent it in territories they control.

KK Park started with a lease agreement in the first part of 2020 to construct an commercial zone between the KNU (KNU), the armed ethnic organization which governs much of this region, and a unfamiliar HK publicly traded firm, Huanya International.

Analysts believe there are connections between Huanya and a notable Chinese mafia individual Wan Kuok Koi, more commonly called Broken Tooth, who has subsequently funded additional fraud centers on the border.

The complex grew swiftly, and is easily noticeable from the Thailand territory of the frontier.

Those who succeeded to escape from it detail a violent environment imposed on the thousands, numerous from African states, who were detained there, made to labor excessive periods, with abuse and assaults inflicted on those who failed to reach quotas.

A announcement by the junta's official media said its forces had "liberated" KK Park, releasing more than 2,000 employees there and taking possession of 30 of Elon Musk's Starlink satellite terminals – widely employed by deception hubs on the Thai-Myanmar frontier for internet operations.

The declaration blamed what it called the "militant" KNU and civilian militia units, which have been combating the military since the overthrow, for unlawfully holding the area.

The junta's claim to have closed this notorious fraud facility is probably targeted toward its main supporter, China.

Beijing has been pressuring the regime and the Thai authorities to do more to terminate the criminal operations managed by China-based organizations on their common boundary.

Previously in the year many of Chinese workers were removed of fraud facilities and transported on special flights back to China, after Thai authorities cut access to electricity and petroleum resources.

But KK Park is only one of no fewer than 30 analogous facilities located on the boundary.

A large portion of these are under the guardianship of ethnic Karen armed units allied to the regime, and most are still active, with tens of thousands running schemes inside them.

In fact, the support of these militia groups has been critical in assisting the junta drive back the KNU and additional opposition groups from land they captured over the previous 24 months.

The junta now controls nearly all of the highway joining Myawaddy to the other parts of Myanmar, a goal the regime established before it organizes the first stage of the election in December.

It has taken Lay Kay Kaw, a modern community established for the KNU with Japanese investment in 2015, a period when there had been hopes for enduring stability in the territory following a nationwide peace agreement.

That constitutes a more substantial defeat to the KNU than the takeover of KK Park, from which it received some income, but where the bulk of the monetary advantages ended up with regime-supporting militias.

A knowledgeable contact has indicated that deception activities is persisting in KK Park, and that it is probable the armed forces occupied only part of the sprawling complex.

The contact also suspects Beijing is providing the Myanmar armed forces inventories of Asian people it wants removed from the scam complexes, and transported back to face trial in China, which may clarify why KK Park was raided.