Chinese Actor’s Kidnapping Reveals Global Telecom Fraud Hub; Netizens Risk Lives Filming KK Park (youtube.com)
Thailand as a middle country between China and Myanmar's KK Park.
Lured with an acting job. A commenter wrote, 'yeah when someone pays for your flight... let's face it you are not that special. Everyone lies.'
Another man was lured to inspect a mango farm and was kidnapped there in the mountains by men on motorbikes.
‘Women who are unattractive and noncompliant are used as warnings to others, facing harsh punishment to enforce compliance within the group.’
‘Men who are attractive and compliant are forced to alter their lifestyles in ways that would make returning to their past life impossible.’
Some of the trafficked victims, the ruthless ones, they say, are made into mini-bosses who can be turned over to authorities as scapegoats. Swatting flies.
Doesn't seem the Chinese national government is willing or able to do anything for them. An actor was rescued, because he had money and fame support.
Hacked his WeChat.
Some Chinese mafia style criminals moved to Phnom Penh, but then casinos dried up and they moved on to Telecom scams, and now many have moved to Singapore or Dubai, reportedly.
All these calls are monitored by China, including calls through Myanmar, reportedly. So if you allow your government to monitor your communications you'll get the benefit of security? I guess not. Instead, you'll just let the government do what profits it more, while giving up your power to protest.
‘The deep entanglement of organized crime, government inaction, and international diplomacy reveals how profit-driven motives override justice. The suppression of victims and their families only underscores the systemic corruption enabling these atrocities.’
‘A unified Myanmar would be far less controllable, while a divided and conflict-ridden Myanmar becomes dependent on external forces, making it easy to manipulate.’
‘With no stable business environment, legitimate economic activities are unviable, so they resort to illicit industries. Previously, it was cultivating banned crops. Now, it’s telecom fraud. Even if all current fraud operations were eliminated, new forms of illicit activities would replace them. The telecom fraud bosss being arrested are just pawns--disposable. They cycle of exploitation persists because these outlaws are never entirely eradicated. ... When public outrage peaks, a few scapegoats are sacrificed to diffuse anger, but the system remains untouched.'
The cycle of the financial flow is that Chinese citizens are defrauded, money flows to fraud syndicates, and syndicates pay warlords, and warlords buy weapons from the ‘boss’ (CCP), perpetuating mutual harm, reportedly.
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