Word came out in local media on the 18th that large-scale online scam operations are back in full swing, right inside the compound of the No. 1 BGF checkpoint along Kankhee Road in Myawaddy.
According to reports, the operation has been running since around February 2026 straight through to September, currently managed by three Chinese nationals. While several scam parks appeared to shut down in recent months, it turned out to be little more than a shell game—the syndicates simply shifted their entire setup to this new location, dubbed "Hein Sein 4."
Insiders say thousands of Chinese nationals are crammed inside the compound, where human trafficking, beatings, torture, and even deaths are a regular occurrence. The syndicates keep the wheels greased by paying off military officers, police, and local officials. Whenever word leaks about an upcoming inspection from higher-ups, they temporarily pull the plug to lie low, only to fire the computers back up the moment the inspectors drive off.
The situation has drawn heat from abroad. On September 15, two U.S. members of Congress wrote to their government, urging closer scrutiny of newly emerging compounds along the Myanmar-Thailand border and calling for an investigation to hold BGF Major Mote Thonn accountable.
Over at the local roadside tea stalls, as motorbikes roar past kicking up clouds of dust, people talk about the news with a sense of quiet resignation. Everyone knows how the game works: as long as money opens the doors and guns guard the gates, the young people lured into those walls have almost zero chance of ever walking out.
