作者：张致君
编辑：韩立华 责任编辑：刘芳 校对：程筱筱 翻译：彭小梅
随着东南亚电信诈骗对国际世界的影响，全球民主国家在2025年10月期间陆续对犯罪行为采取行动，而被东南亚人口贩卖与酷刑困扰最严重的中国，却丝毫没有行动。
陈志（又名 Vincent）及其控制的 Prince Holding Group 已被美国财政部制裁。美国财政部于 2025 年10 月14日 发布公告，称这是“有史以来针对东南亚诈骗园区最大规模行动，将陈志及其集团列为跨国犯罪组织，并同时联合英国采取制裁措施。同日，美国司法部于纽约东区联邦法院公开了一份对陈志的起诉／起诉状，指控他犯有电汇诈骗共谋（wire fraud conspiracy）和洗钱共谋（money-laundering conspiracy），公告中还提到，美国当局同时提出了一项民事没收诉讼（civil forfeiture complaint），标的约为 127,271 枚 比特币，估值约数十亿美元，这与陈志涉嫌诈骗和洗钱有关。
2025年10月24日，《Nation Thailand》报道说，缅军在KK园区区域的诈骗建筑群内开始爆破，强烈爆炸声在泰国边境城镇米索（Mae Sot）也能听到；浓烟从园区升起，并有 1 000 多名外国人因而从缅甸逃入泰国。多家媒体也陆续报道：缅军于10月20日左右，在KK园区拘捕约2 000人、查扣约30台 “Starlink” 卫星终端设备、并检视超过260栋“未登记建筑”。
在此背景下，一名来自KK园区被困受害者秘密联系到记者，希望能够通过曝光给上万赢得国际广泛关注，进而能真正营救到这些受难者。因被访者还深陷在诈骗园区，随时有生命危险，本次采访均使用化名，受采访人透露自己被困在苏奇督儿子管辖的区域，记者查找其公开资料发现，这位在DKBA军事部门及其政治管理部门中最具权势的决策者在2017年就开始与佘智江领导的亚太国际控股集团合作，参与由中国引导的“一带一路”，开发了“亚太新城”等项目，“亚太新城”也被多家媒体曝光是全球最大的诈骗园区。而佘智江本人据多方爆料是与中共国安有密切关系。从这千丝万缕的关系中看，中共似乎与东南亚诈骗犯罪的关系昭然若揭。这也就更加可以解释，为何在其他国家营救本国公民，而中方这么多年却迟迟未做有效救援，而诈骗行为越发在中国境内升级，失踪人口逐步增加。
受困者佳乐是一名1993年出生的女生，在网上看到高新招聘广告，从中国坐飞机到泰国曼谷机场后就被绑架至缅甸。
记者：你现在被困哪里？
佳乐:2025年10月22日刚刚被缅甸军方用军车从KK园区转移到4号码头的通达园区。
记者：多少人受困，都是哪些国家的人？
佳乐：超过1万人。现在我能听到外面在打仗的声音。目前这个园区比我刚来的时候又多了2倍人，全是KK园区转运过来的。受困人基本都是中国人，非常少的来自非洲印度和新加坡。
记者：有新闻说KK园区已经被缅甸军方打击，有千人已经从KK园区逃到了泰国，你没有任何机会逃跑吗？
佳乐：那些能去泰国的大部分是自愿去KK上班的，里面甚至有老板亲戚朋友。真正被绑架的受害者被军方转移，我现在被转移的通达园区就在扩建接受更多的受害者。外界觉得缅甸军方扫荡，其实就是走个过场，一切和原来没有任何变化。
佳乐给记者说起自己在诈骗园区的经历，中国虽然一直在宣传“反诈“，但是真的碰到了以后防不胜防，自己也是鬼迷心窍被海外高新职业所诱惑，联系她的人只说是“送货”，没想到自己才是被盯上的“货物”。佳乐在园区里面要被强迫工作19个小时，从当地时间的下午3点一直要到第二天的早上9点，完不成“新增业绩”任务轻则就要被体罚500个上下蛙跳，业绩不好还会关到“兵站”，如果骗不到人（没有开单）就会受到电棍毒打和虐待。园区的管理全部都是中国人，有人尝试逃跑抓回来就把腿打断。佳乐的胳膊就因为不想骗人被打断了，7个月了也不能医治，落下终身残疾，她也想尝试自杀，但是连机会都找不到，园区的窗户全都被封着，一旦发现有轻生地念头就会派人24小时盯着。
“我被关在小黑屋里，两个男的对我进行殴打。没有办法逃跑，想死都死不了。也根本不能联系外界求助，绝望。“佳乐说园区门口都有缅甸军方看守大门。有侥幸跑出去的，一路上也有军方
记者：你被绑架过去，有尝试联系家人吗？
佳乐：有，园区和家人谈赔付赎人，要21万，家里怕是无底洞，也拿不出这么多钱，他们在中国报警了，中国警方没有任何消息给他们。
佳乐给记者说，她被关过后放出来就住在8人间里，条件恶劣，每天被洗脑，园区的人教她如何打字，学习“美股加密“学习”如何骗人“。
“生不如死，能不能救救我们，求求你们。“
佳乐给记者发来一些照片，但是嘱咐记者不能曝光。
“是会死人的，如果他们知道我在对外联络，我会死的。“
在采访佳乐的时候，她最经常说的就是“救救我“，记者可以体会到她想活下去，想逃离魔窟的紧迫心情。当陈志被通缉，KK园区被曝光在国际新闻下，被困在诈骗园区的人似乎看到了一线希望。
只是这个希望能否最终照耀在她们身上呢？
记者在采访后翻阅资料和新闻，看到园区黑幕，一阵阵寒意袭来。
最新消息，韩国外交部于 2025 年10月15日针对柬埔寨部分高风险地区发出旅行警示，要求韩国公民撤离或避免前往这些地区，原因是这些地区“就业骗局／诈骗园区绑架与拘禁韩国人案件急剧上升”。 韩国警方通过与柬埔寨当局配合，安排包机将被困／拘留的韩国公民从柬埔寨遣返。比如，10月18日有 64 名韩国人从柬埔寨回国，随后多数被法院发出拘捕令调查其是否参与诈骗。韩国与柬埔寨政府于 2025 年10月底达成协议，将成立“柬埔寨-韩国联合打击诈骗犯罪专案部队”，以提高两国在在线诈骗、跨境就业骗局等领域的合作。
而受困的中国人，什么时候才能等到这份希望呢？
Special Feature – Trapped in the Myanmar Scam Compounds: A Victim’s Plea and Global Pursuit Under U.S. Sanctions
Abstract:This article exposes the worsening humanitarian crisis inside Southeast Asia’s scam compounds, which came under sweeping U.S. sanctions in October 2025. Despite being the country most severely affected—its citizens trafficked, tortured, and held for ransom—China has taken virtually no meaningful action to rescue its nationals. The investigation further reveals the deep and complex ties between Chinese authorities and major scam operators in the region, suggesting that Beijing is far from innocent. Through the testimony of a young woman trapped inside Myanmar’s KK compound, this report documents forced labor, torture, and the systematic abuse of thousands, and highlights the urgent need for international intervention.
Author: Zhang Zhijun
Editor: Han Lihua Managing Editor: Liu Fang
Proofreader: Cheng Xiaoxiao Translator: Xiaomei Peng
As Southeast Asian telecom fraud continues to impact the international community, democratic nations around the world have acted throughout October 2025. Yet ironically, China—whose citizens are the primary victims of trafficking and torture in these scam compounds—has done almost nothing.
Chen Zhi (also known as Vincent), along with his conglomerate Prince Holding Group, has been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department. On October 14, 2025, the Treasury issued a statement calling it “the largest action ever taken against scam compounds in Southeast Asia,” designating Chen Zhi and his organization as a transnational criminal group. The United States and the United Kingdom also jointly imposed sanctions. The same day, the U.S. Department of Justice announced criminal indictments at the Eastern District of New York, charging Chen with wire fraud conspiracy and money-laundering conspiracy. U.S. authorities simultaneously filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking the seizure of approximately 127,271 bitcoins, valued at several billion U.S. dollars—assets believed to be tied to large-scale scams and laundering operations.
On October 24, 2025, Nation Thailand reported that the Myanmar military had begun demolishing buildings inside the KK Park scam zone. Explosions were so intense they could be heard from Mae Sot on the Thai border. Thick smoke rose above the compound as more than 1,000 foreigners fled into Thailand. Other reports stated that on or around October 20, Myanmar forces detained around 2,000 people, seized 30 Starlink terminals, and inspected over 260 unregistered buildings.
Amid this chaotic backdrop, a female victim still trapped inside the KK scam zone secretly contacted the reporter. She hoped that public exposure would help her and thousands of others gain international attention—and perhaps a real chance of rescue. Due to the extreme danger she faces, all names used in this interview are pseudonyms. The victim said she is currently held in an area controlled by the son of Saw Chit Thu, a powerful figure in the DKBA military and political hierarchy. Public records show that since 2017, Saw Chit Thu has partnered with Asia Pacific International Holdings, led by She Zhijiang, to develop “Asia Pacific New City” under China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Multiple media outlets have since revealed this “new city” as the world’s largest fraud compound. She Zhijiang himself has long been rumored to maintain close ties with Chinese state security. The tangled relationships suggest that Beijing is far from uninvolved in the flourishing of Southeast Asian scam syndicates. This also explains why—while other countries have launched rescue operations for their nationals—China has done nothing substantial, even as disappearances and trafficking cases surge inside China.
Jiale, born in 1993, told the reporter that she was lured abroad by what appeared to be a high-paying overseas job advertisement. After arriving at Bangkok International Airport, she was kidnapped and trafficked into Myanmar.
Reporter: Where are you being held now?Jiale: On October 22, 2025, Myanmar soldiers moved us from KK Park to Tongda Zone at Pier No. 4.
Reporter: How many people are trapped? From which countries?Jiale: Over ten thousand. I can hear fighting outside every day. This compound has doubled in size since I arrived. Most people are from China—only a few from Africa, India, or Singapore.
Reporter: Media reports say many have escaped from KK into Thailand. Why can’t you escape?Jiale: Most people who “escaped” were not kidnapped victims—they were employees who came voluntarily, some even relatives of the bosses. The real victims are being transferred deeper inside Myanmar by the military. Tongda Park is expanding to absorb more trafficked people. The outside world thinks the military is cracking down, but it’s just for show. Everything remains the same.
Jiale described her experiences inside the scam compound. Despite China’s constant “anti-fraud propaganda,” she said, ordinary people still fall victim because the system itself is corrupt. She was forced to work 19 hours a day, from 3 p.m. to 9 a.m. If she failed to meet her “new target numbers,” she would be punished with 500 squat jumps, beaten with batons, or locked in the “military station” for torture. If she failed to scam victims, she would be electrocuted, beaten, or deprived of food. The compound’s management is entirely Chinese. Anyone who attempts to escape has their legs broken. Jiale herself had her arm broken for refusing to deceive others; seven months later, she still has not received medical treatment and may face lifelong disability. She has considered suicide, but there is no opportunity. All windows are sealed, and anyone showing signs of despair is placed under 24-hour surveillance.
“I was locked in a dark room where two men beat me. I can’t escape. I can’t even die. There’s no way to contact the outside world. It’s absolute despair. “The compound is guarded by Myanmar soldiers. Even those who make it out are often caught by soldiers patrolling the roads.
Reporter: Did you try to contact your family?Jiale: Yes. The compound demanded a ransom of 210,000 RMB from my family. My family couldn’t afford it and feared it was a bottomless pit. They reported to police in China but never received any response.
Jiale said she currently lives in an 8-person room with extremely harsh conditions. They are brainwashed daily and taught how to type, how to talk, how to scam people with “U.S. stocks and crypto,” and how to manipulate victims emotionally.
“This is worse than death. Please… please save us.”—Jiale
She sent a few photos to the reporter but pleaded that they are not made public:
“If they find out I spoke to the outside world, I will die.”
Throughout the interview, she repeatedly begged for help. As international sanctions and criminal charges escalate, the victims trapped inside see a sliver of hope. But whether this hope will ever reach them remains uncertain.
After speaking with Jiale, the reporter reviewed public records and media articles, uncovering horrifying details of the scam zones.
On October 15, 2025, South Korea issued travel warnings for high-risk areas of Cambodia due to the sharp rise in kidnappings linked to employment scams.The Korean police coordinated with Cambodian authorities and arranged repatriation flights:on October 18, 64 Koreans were flown back to Seoul, and many are now under investigation to determine whether they were participants or victims. South Korea and Cambodia agreed to establish a Joint Task Force Against Scam Crimes by late October 2025, to strengthen cooperation in combating online scams and transnational trafficking.
Yet amid international actions, the Chinese victims—who make up the overwhelming majority—remain abandoned.When will Chinese citizens receive the same hope of rescue?
