**Chinese Actor Wang Xing’s Experience in Myanmar Phone Scam Camp Exposed**
After Chinese actor Wang Xing was deceived into the Myanmar phone scam camp, the experiences of survivors in the scam camp have attracted widespread attention.
According to a report by the “New Beijing News” on February 26, Wang Shuai (pseudonym) was once deceived into the Myanmar phone scam camp, where he worked for nearly 7 months, and he described his nightmare-like experience.
He explained that he used to be addicted to gaming and after a big argument with his family, he saw a high-paying job advertisement in Yunnan online. He contacted the party and after several turnovers, he was brought to the phone scam camp in northern Myanmar. The camp was surrounded by high walls, barbed wire fences, and people patrolling with guns 24 hours a day. Upon entering the camp, their passports and phones were confiscated.
Wang Shuai said that after a few days of training, he started posting scam information on social platforms such as WeChat, QQ, pop-up windows on websites, Douyin, and Kuaishou; sometimes, he even posted false advertisements on some web pages to lure victims.
Life in the scam camp was extremely brutal. From 8 am to 2 am every day, they had to complete 200 friend requests, and if they failed, they would be beaten with electric rods. Due to his poor performance in not making money from scams, Wang Shuai was frequently beaten.
“They tied me to a chair with tape, shocked me with electric rods, and when I passed out, they woke me up by pouring cold water on me,” Wang Shuai said. However, if they tried to escape and were caught, the consequences were even more severe. “I have heard of people having their fingers chopped off, and personally, I was locked in a water dungeon and a dog cage for three days.” The skin disease on his body was a result of that ordeal.
In addition to Chinese people being deceived into the Myanmar phone scam camp, individuals from other countries have also had similar experiences.
Recently rescued Bangladeshi youth Ariyan, who was rescued in Thailand, told the BBC, “They set weekly targets for us, $5000. If we didn’t meet them, they would shock us twice or lock us in a dark room without windows.”
An Ethiopian man claiming to be Mike also said, “This is the worst experience of my life, of course, I’ve been beaten. But believe me, I’ve seen worse happen to others.”
According to reports, due to frequent beatings in the scam center, Mike suffered from panic disorder after being rescued. On the night of February 26, he had difficulty breathing due to a panic attack and had to be rushed to the hospital. Many people rescued from the scam center have similar panic disorders like Mike.
According to numerous Myanmar phone scam camp survivors who have exposed the situation, the bosses of the Myanmar scam group are “all Chinese”, and many victims who were deceived or kidnapped have suffered various tortures, with women being gang-raped, and many people being murdered, blood drawn, or even having their organs harvested.
On January 27, Deputy Minister of the Public Security Department of the Communist Party of China, Liu Zhongyi, admitted during a meeting with officials from the Thai Technology Crime Investigation Bureau that there are 36 large telecommunications fraud groups operated by Chinese nationals in the Miao Wadi, employing over 100,000 people.
According to a report released by the United Nations in 2023, it is estimated that at least 220,000 people worldwide are trapped in scam camps and forced to engage in fraudulent activities. The majority of victims trapped come from Southeast Asian countries, China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, but there are also victims from as far as Africa or South America who have been deceived.
Over the years, both the Chinese authorities and Thailand have not taken substantive actions against the scam issue on the Thai-Myanmar border. The exposure of the Wang Xing incident has sparked widespread attention, affecting tourism in Thailand. As a result, the Thai authorities have taken some actions, including cutting off the power and network of scam centers, and issuing arrest warrants for some scam ringleaders.
Currently, thousands of people have been rescued from the scam camps. However, Thai opposition legislator Langsiman Romi said, “The number of people involved in this industry or scam scheme that we are talking about could be around 300,000. How many have we rescued so far? Less than 10,000.”