Documentary of the collapse of telecom fraud in northern Myanmar | Episode 3 "Building Skynet Together"

The third episode of the documentary "Record of the Destruction of Telecom Fraud in Northern Myanmar" jointly produced by the Ministry of Public Security and China Central Radio and Television was broadcast on the evening of October 7, focusing on the new pattern of in-depth cross-border anti-fraud management.

From the joint operation of China, Myanmar and Muse to the joint operation of China, Myanmar and Thailand to clear out Myawaddy hideouts, cross-border strikes have continued to escalate. The Chinese government initiated the establishment of the International Alliance to Combat Telecommunications Network Fraud, with the participation of 46 countries. It uses the role of a major country to link global law enforcement forces, build a tight anti-fraud skynet, and eradicate the breeding ground for cross-border electronic fraud.

More troublesome than Kokang in northern Myanmar

China and Myanmar join forces to remove the last "nail" - Muse

The Tianxia Fortune Entertainment Plaza Hotel is located in Muse, Myanmar, less than 200 meters away from the Ruili Jiegao border port in Yunnan, my country. During the Spring Festival of 2024, this building was completely occupied by electronic fraud gangs. The electronic fraudsters changed their shells and continued to commit crimes.

Zhang Jun, then director of the Telecommunications and Network Fraud Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security: This was an open challenge. Even when other electronic fraud parks were in ruins, we could still have some luck.

Since the launch of a special operation to crack down on crimes related to China in northern Myanmar in July 2023, all the leading members of the "four major Kokang families" in northern Myanmar have been arrested, the "Wa State" and "Shan State Fourth Special Zone" electronic fraud gangs have collapsed, and the electronic fraud network in northern Myanmar has suffered heavy losses. However, the fourth direction of the special operation, Muse, has been unable to break through.

Muse, located in the northeast of Myanmar, belongs to the "Shan State" and faces Ruili, Yunnan, across the river. It is an important gateway connecting China and Myanmar. This seemingly peaceful border area has always been a "hidden place" for electronic fraud dens due to its complex terrain and special geographical pattern. For the police, this place is more troublesome than Kokang in northern Myanmar. Multiple armed forces are intertwined, creating a de facto governance vacuum.

A joint study by the Chinese and Myanmar police found that the layout pattern of electronic fraud dens in the Muse area is significantly different from that in Kokang and other places in northern Myanmar, showing the characteristics of being scattered and concealed. Different from the large-scale centralized and closed operations of traditional electronic fraud parks, fraud gangs are scattered and hidden in various civilian buildings such as hotels, apartments, and private villas.

At the same time, electronic fraud gangs use various covert means to "graft" or steal domestic communication signals, so that their overseas fraud acts appear to be "domestic", which is extremely confusing. Technical countermeasures against fraudulent communications are the key to cutting off this "technical lifeline."

The expert team of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology collaborated with the public security organs to conduct a network search for illegal equipment in key areas, accurately targeted suspicious clues related to fraud, and quickly and efficiently cleaned up and disposed of fraud resources. In just three months, they shut down 75,000 fraud-related mobile phone numbers and more than 4,000 broadband accounts in the Muse area, and cleaned up nearly a hundred wireless bridges, effectively cutting off the communication channels between fraudsters and domestic users.

Information sharing, clue convergence, and relying on the long-established China-Myanmar law enforcement and security cooperation mechanism, the Chinese and Myanmar police spliced ​​the fragmented information such as physical coordinates, communication signals, behavioral evidence, etc. into a chain, and a clearly marked map of the distribution of Muse's electronic fraud dens gradually emerged.

At the end of March and beginning of April 2024, after careful deployment, the Chinese and Myanmar police launched the first joint arrest operation in the Muse area and successfully captured 807 people involved in electronic fraud. At this point, the special operation to crack down on telecommunications network fraud crimes involving China in northern Myanmar has finally pulled out the last "nail", and has truly completed the comprehensive eradication of electronic fraud dens in the four directions of "Shan State Fourth Special Zone", "Wa State", Kokang, and Muse in northern Myanmar.

Pretended to be the chairman and defrauded 17 million!

Telephone scammers in northern Myanmar are back again after being wiped out

On July 8, 2024, Ms. Wu, the cashier of a company in Zhuji, Zhejiang, followed the instructions of the "chairman" on WeChat and transferred a huge sum of money totaling 17 million yuan in three installments.

Yang Zefei, deputy squadron leader of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Zhuji City Public Security Bureau, Zhejiang Province: When the last transfer was made, the cashier remembered to call her boss. The boss was surprised after receiving the call and said that she had not been issued any instructions for these transfers. Only then did the victim realize that she had been deceived and that the person giving her instructions was the fake boss.

After receiving the report, the Zhuji Public Security Bureau immediately activated the provincial, municipal and county level three-level anti-fraud mechanism and urgently intercepted and recovered 10.88 million yuan of funds involved in the case. After in-depth clue analysis, it was found that the criminal gang's fraud routine was professional and highly concealed. It relied on Trojan horse programs implanted in phishing emails to remotely monitor the cashier's office computer, and chose the opportunity to commit crimes when the chairman was at home and not at work.

The police discovered that behind the deep disguise was a well-organized overseas fraud criminal group. The Zhuji police reported the clues to the National Special Operations Front Command. After sorting out and summarizing the overall data on similar cases in various places over a period of time, the command found that the electronic fraud force in the "Fourth Special Zone of Shan State" in northern Myanmar had resurfaced after the first round of suppression.

Zhang Jun, then director of the Telecommunications and Network Fraud Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security: We are not afraid of a resurgence. If there is one, I will fight.

After the fraud strongholds in northern Myanmar were forcefully cleared, the fleeing fraud gangs gradually moved deeper into Myanmar. Myawaddy, located in eastern Myanmar, has become a new gathering place for electronic fraud gangs.

Myawaddy is located in Karen State, Myanmar, across from Thailand across the Moai River. The narrowest point of this boundary river is only more than ten meters, and the water level is extremely shallow. During dry periods, pedestrians can easily wade across the border, objectively becoming a "convenient channel" for smuggling.

Since 2018, the entire Myawaddy area has entered a stage of large-scale development. In just a few years, a closed "criminal complex" with dense buildings and complete facilities was built on a stretch of barren farmland.

Manage Asia Pacific New City

Build a large-scale gambling and fraud black industry chain

The large-scale and mature black industry in Miaowadi is not a natural formation. From land development to park construction and industrial operations, there are many dark forces, large and small, entrenched behind it. One of the key operators who created the most representative gambling and fraud industry in Miaowadi is She Zhijiang.

She Zhijiang, who was born in Shaodong, Hunan Province, participated in the establishment of online gambling and private lottery platforms in China in his early years. As the key members of the gang were arrested one after another, in order to avoid criminal strikes, She Zhijiang fled after hearing the news and finally settled in the Philippines. Since then, he has gathered gang members abroad to continue committing crimes, and has successively set up more than 200 online gambling platforms to lure Chinese people into gambling.

The national border was once regarded by She Zhijiang, who had been exiled for a long time, as the most beneficial "protective barrier" to him. From being lucky to getting worse, She Zhijiang began to accelerate the expansion of his territory of power.

In order to arrest She Zhijiang as soon as possible and accept the sanctions of our country's laws, the Ministry of Public Security listed the case as a major case listed for supervision by the Ministry of Public Security and designated the Jiangsu Public Security Bureau to conduct a thorough investigation.

Based on clues from all parties, the police found out that after She Zhijiang started the construction of the Asia-Pacific New City project in September 2017, he began to take root in Myawaddy, Myanmar, and build a large-scale black gambling and fraud industry chain. The task force used the Asia-Pacific New City as a breakthrough point to expand and dig deeper into the complete chain of She Zhijiang's transnational crimes.

Asia-Pacific New City is located in the Shuigou Valley area in the north of Myawaddy. It claims a planned area of ​​180,000 acres and a planned investment of US$15 billion. The self-made promotional video even packages it as an international new city integrating "blockchain special zone, technology industry, leisure tourism, and business logistics."

Peeling away the disguise, Asia-Pacific New City reveals its true face. This place is full of filth and evil, and there are countless gambling and fraud parks entrenched in it. Nanjing police found that the lair associated with a large number of gambling fraud cases in my country is hidden in Asia Pacific New City. These gangs regularly pay high fees, and Asia Pacific New City provides them with a full range of "services."

An in-depth investigation by the police found that the actual controllers of Asia Pacific New City, "She Lunkai" and "Tang Lunkai", were both pseudonyms of She Zhijiang. He changed his name, stayed behind the scenes, and controlled the market of Asia Pacific New City. On the surface, he was not directly involved in crime, but he made a lot of money in his pocket.

In May 2021, the Ministry of Public Security issued a red notice to She Zhijiang through Interpol. In August 2022, Thai police captured She Zhijiang who was dining in a Japanese restaurant at the airport.

The police handling the case comprehensively sorted out and summarized the clues involved in the She Zhijiang criminal group, and compiled more than 200 pages of evidence materials and handed them over to the Thai side. In May 2023, the first-instance verdict of the Bangkok Criminal Court in Thailand agreed to extradite She Zhijiang back to China. However, She Zhijiang immediately appealed in an attempt to avoid returning to China for trial.

After many rounds of court trials, on November 10, 2025, the Thai Court of Appeal made a final ruling, rejecting all appeals of She Zhijiang, upholding the first-instance judgment, and extraditing She Zhijiang to China for trial. On November 12, 2025, She Zhijiang, a major criminal suspect involved in gambling fraud, was successfully extradited back to China from Thailand by our country’s public security organs.

Chinese actor Wang Xing was resold 3 times in 4 days in Myawaddy

The police uncovered a cross-border human trafficking syndicate

In early January 2025, the Shanghai police received a report from the masses that someone was missing at the border between Thailand and Myanmar. The protagonist of the disappearance was a young actor named Wang. At the end of 2024, Wang saw a crew announcement in the WeChat chat group, posted by a person named "Yan Shiliu" on WeChat.

"Yan Shiliu" claimed to be the deputy director of a certain crew and was responsible for selecting actors. This announcement caught Wang's attention. After recording a performance video as requested by the other party, Wang quickly received a confirmation notice from "Yan Shiliu". In order to further dispel Wang's doubts, the other party even bought him a round-trip ticket from Shanghai to Bangkok in advance and booked a local hotel.

On January 2, 2025, Wang set off from Shanghai Pudong Airport and boarded a flight to Bangkok, Thailand. As soon as he landed at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Wang was picked up by a car pre-arranged by "Yan Shiliu". However, the driver did not send Wang to Phuket according to the booked hotel information. Instead, he changed direction and drove all the way to Mae Sot County, Tak Province in northern Thailand on the grounds of changing hotels.

Near a supermarket, Wang was asked to transfer to another car and continue driving to the Myanmar-Thailand border. At this time, Wang was already aware of the danger, and he secretly sent a WeChat message to his girlfriend: "Has the cat been fed?" This message with special meaning was the distress code agreed upon by Wang and his girlfriend before departure.

The girlfriend who paid close attention to Wang’s movements quickly called the police. Later, Wang was hijacked by multiple armed men and smuggled from Thailand to Myawaddy, Myanmar, where he completely lost contact. The Ministry of Public Security immediately activated the international law enforcement cooperation mechanism, contacted the police in Thailand and Myanmar, and requested assistance in verifying and implementing the rescue. Soon the joint rescue team found the actor Wang. In just 4 days, he has been resold three times.

While making every effort to search and rescue Wang, the police were also simultaneously advancing the investigation of the case, following the clues and digging out a criminal group hiding in Myawaddy, Myanmar, specializing in cross-border human trafficking. The Chinese and Thai police jointly arrested 17 domestic and foreign criminal suspects. Immediately afterwards, "Yan Shiliu" who pretended to be an assistant director in the chat group and directly deceived Wang was also arrested in Thailand.

46 countries jointly combat telecom fraud

Eradicate the cancer of electronic fraud

At present, telecommunications network fraud has become a global public hazard, and it is urgent to break through the dilemma of cross-border crackdowns and governance. On September 10, 2026, during the Global Public Security Cooperation Forum (Lianyungang) conference, the International Alliance to Combat Telecommunications Network Fraud was formally established to promote the establishment of a new pattern of global collaboration to combat telecommunications network fraud crimes.

The International Alliance to Combat Telecommunications and Internet Fraud has received positive responses from participating countries and international organizations such as the United Nations and Interpol. It now has 46 founding countries. The common security needs within the alliance are being transformed into a sustainable cooperation mechanism.

Actions are the most powerful proof: any crime that endangers the interests of the people, no matter where they flee, will eventually be severely punished by law; whatever the expectations of the people, no matter how arduous the task, China's judicial organs will go all out.