The CCP's role in the scams in northern Myanmar is questionable

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Not arresting the scammers and threatening the victims, the CCP's role in the fraud in northern Myanmar is questionable Reporter : Li Li /Editor: Lin Qing /不抓骗子并威胁受害人 中共在缅北诈骗中角色惹疑 | 中共内鬼 | 人权保障 | 王星 | 新唐人电视台 / Image : Fraud parks and kidnapping incidents in Myawaddy and other places in northern Myanmar continue to attract attention. (Internet photo)

Recently, the fraud park and kidnapping incidents in northern Myanmar have received continued attention. Some netizens revealed that after receiving a fraud call, they were called to the police station for questioning and threatened to freeze their bank accounts. Netizens questioned the CCP forces behind the fraud park. An article pointed out that northern Myanmar is a "miniature" of the reality of the lack of human rights protection in mainland China. On 13 January 2025, a Weibo user posted that after he hung up on a fraud call, he received a call from a local police station, asking him to go to the police station to register. He said he was busy at home and could not go. The police threatened that if he did not register, his bank account would be frozen. In desperation, he went to the police station and registered his name, address, and ID number as required by the police. He was also asked to hold up the registration form and take a photo. He said, "What I don't understand is that a person who is harassed by a fraud call is not only not protected, but also threatened to freeze his bank card and forced to take a photo at the police station to leave personal information. Why don't they check the fraudsters?" He also revealed that in the next two days, the local anti-fraud center kept calling him, "It's so annoying."

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Regarding the experience of this netizen, many netizens said in the comment area that they had similar experiences. "Me too. Later, I refused to go. They asked my mother to sign for me. I don't know how they knew my mother's unit." "My mother received a FaceTime call on her phone. The person on the phone pretended to be a WeChat customer service. My mother knew it was a scam and hung up the phone. The next day, the phone was suspended. She had to go to the business hall with her ID card to unblock it. I went to ask the staff why. The staff said they didn't know why, maybe it was because of the FaceTime call. The question is who knew that answering the call would cause the phone to be suspended? Where did the regulations come from? Does it make sense?" Another netizen commented, "It's funny. Look at those who failed in investment and bought unfinished buildings. It's miserable enough, right? Which one is not a key monitoring target?" "This logic is that if you can't control the bad guys, you can't deal with the good guys?" Recently, the incident of mainland actor Wang Xing being deceived to Thailand and kidnapped to Myanmar attracted official attention. The victim's family jointly signed an online document showing that many people were deceived to Myanmar, and most of them were young people. While netizens expressed sympathy for the victims, they also questioned the role played by the Chinese Communist Party authorities. Are the insiders of the telecom fraud group endless or do they not want to catch them? On 12 January 2025, the WeChat public account "Constructive Opinions" published an article titled "Are the insiders of the telecom fraud group in the operator endless or do they not want to catch them?" The article questioned, "Why do all my numbers need to be registered with real names, while telecom fraudsters can get endless mobile phone numbers and landline numbers for fraud?" "Why can the fraud group successfully launder the stolen money? We often hear that ordinary people's bank cards are frozen and they are required to show various certificates to withdraw cash. Have these control measures ever successfully intercepted the stolen money and caught the fraudsters?" The article analyzes that according to current management regulations, all phone numbers must be authenticated with real names. Regardless of whether the telecom fraudsters use physical SIM cards or virtual numbers, there is always a complete chain of sales and approval of each number. After confirming that a number is used for fraud, is it really difficult to track down who sold the number illegally? Regarding the issue of bank accounts, no matter what means the fraudsters use to launder money, all the processes that circulate in the banking system before cash withdrawal are always traceable. After each fraud case was filed, did the public security and UnionPay system investigate the entire process of laundering the stolen money, and did they freeze all the bank accounts involved in the process? What difficulties are there in this process that cannot be overcome? The article said that in the final analysis, it is actually a problem of internal ghosts. Without the cooperation of internal personnel in these fields, the fraud group would not be able to complete such a complex chain of crimes. On 8 January 2025, writer Xu Kaizhen criticized that the source or root of telecommunications fraud lies in the real-name system of major platforms and the leakage of user privacy by bank managers. "How did the scammers know this information so quickly?" "If there were no such institutions and people selling our personal information, even if all kinds of gardens were opened in northern Myanmar, they would not be able to defraud us." He also introduced that among the people he knew, three people bought a car and completed the formalities. After receiving a call asking them to refund the tax, they were defrauded of all the money on a card.

Image : Screenshot from the Internet The phenomenon in northern Myanmar is a microcosm of China's lack of human rights protection

Some netizens have posted that the phenomenon in northern Myanmar is a microcosm of the Chinese people's lack of human rights protection and legal protection. On 13 January, the WeChat public account "Chengdu Guest" published an article titled "Northern Myanmar is an inseparable part of the fate of the Chinese people". The article said, "Most of the time, our situation is much more terrible. One side is an innocent individual waiting to be slaughtered (all depends on luck), and the other side is an unknown force." The article pointed out that "Northern Myanmar" is the extreme version of this model: there is no legal protection at all, and there is no human rights at all. In this case, what can people do? The article said that northern Myanmar is not "northern Myanmar" in the geographical sense, it is China. Of course, this does not refer to the territory, but to destiny. "If China does not get better, if China cannot protect the personal information and civil rights of citizens, there will definitely be a 'Northern Myanmar'." The article concluded that "Northern Myanmar" is just a more convenient place, an essence or a test field.