China, Myanmar, and Thailand have joined forces to crack down on telecom scam operations in Myanmar’s KK Park. The four major crime families have also been successively brought to justice in China. It has been discovered that a new “Qingsong Park” has been established about 5 kilometers from KK Park, where online fraud activities are taking place. Sources say the criminal group is now ‘splitting into smaller units,’ dispersing and hiding in remote mountainous jungles to continue conducting cross-border telecom scams.
According to a report by Red Star News, Malaysian charity organization leader Hu Jieliang revealed that he found a new scam compound in Myanmar named “Qingsong Park” (also known as Taihe Park). He said fugitives wanted in Malaysia are present there and are suspected of luring at least 150 Malaysians to the site to participate in online scam activities.
Hu Jieliang said that “Qingsong Park” is about 5 kilometers from “KK Park,” located deep in the mountains and well hidden by jungle. He said it’s being referred to as “KK Park 2.0 version,” and is currently undergoing rapid expansion.
Hu Jieliang stated that after the telecom fraud industry in northern Myanmar was targeted by law enforcement, it is now undergoing a stage of “mutation and upgrading.” “From the previous model of concentrated parks, it’s changing to scattered, fragmented bases of operations. After being broken up in one place, they scatter like sand, but then regroup elsewhere.”
Hu Jieliang received information from people trapped in “Qingsong Park,” providing the first reveal of its internal conditions. Photos show that most of the buildings in the park are 3 or 4 stories high, with windows fitted with iron bars as thick as a thumb, and another layer of iron mesh outside the bars for double-layered security. The area is also surrounded by iron railings, with what appear to be monitoring cameras between the fences, and outside the iron railings are desolate hills.
In addition, the photos show multiple patrol vehicles and what appears to be a sports field. In some images, large quantities of building materials are piled up in the park, though it’s unclear if they are for further expansion or leftover from previous construction. According to video footage Hu Jieliang received midday on the 11th, many dormitory balconies still had freshly washed clothes hanging to dry, indicating that there are still many people inside the dormitories at this time.