According to Jiemian News, between 2023 and 2024, China, Thailand, and Myanmar jointly cracked down on telecom fraud bases such as Myawaddy. Some criminal groups subsequently moved to more concealed border areas, including the Sangkhla Buri region, and continued expanding related facilities. Yang Lei, a veteran who escaped from the park, revealed that the Sangkhla Buri park is called “KK Park 2.0”, with strict management and brutal methods. Those deceived into entering are often beaten and forced to undergo scam training, making it extremely difficult to escape.
He stated that there are about 300 people inside the park, with more than ten similar bases distributed around it, making the entire operation sizable. After returning to China from the Sangkhla Buri park, he still suffers from frequent nightmares, “I dream about running in the mountains, and wake up drenched in sweat.”
In mid-March, Yang Lei joined a tour group in Thailand. The convoy mistakenly entered a remote area of Myanmar and was detained at gunpoint by armed personnel. All 11 people in the vehicle were then sold to the park for about 20,000 Thai baht per person (79,000 ringgit). He recalled that the park was sealed with high walls on all sides, with new “piglets” required to undergo scam training and also beaten daily. However, because of his agility, he was never asked to participate in training nor beaten, and the park “leaders” even advised him to stay and “do a good job for a year.”
On March 17, Yang Lei took advantage of a lapse in park management to obtain a mobile phone, and immediately contacted the domestic police. That night, he climbed a wall about 6 meters high from a blind spot behind the dormitory to escape, “There was barbed wire on the wall, but it wasn't electrified.” Avoiding border outposts, he trekked through mountains for two straight days, finally entering Thailand on March 19, and with assistance from the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Thailand, returned to China.
Yang Lei said that his survival was a “near-death experience”, and even after returning to the country, he often has nightmares.