A new scam compound has been discovered five kilometres from the dismantled KK Park in Myawaddy, Myanmar, with facilities featuring double-barred windows and high walls hidden deep in the jungle, according to a Malaysian activist.
Andrew Foo, head of a Malaysian welfare organisation, said the compound known as Qingsong Park, also called Thai Hoa Garden, is currently under rapid expansion and is being dubbed "KK Park 2.0". It is located deep in the mountains behind the original KK Park site, concealed by dense jungle.
Foo stated that Myanmar's scam industry has entered a "mutated and upgraded" phase following international crackdowns. Criminal operations have shifted from large, centralised compounds to "dispersed, fragmented hideouts – scattered like gravel before regrouping elsewhere."
Malaysian fugitives are believed to be operating inside the new compound, allegedly luring at least 150 Malaysians there to conduct telecommunications fraud.
First-ever images obtained by Foo from individuals trapped inside show three-to-four-storey buildings with windows fitted with thumb-thick iron bars and an additional layer of metal mesh. The perimeter is secured by metal fencing with what appear to be surveillance cameras mounted between sections. Surrounding the compound are vast, uninhabited hills.
Photographs also reveal multiple patrol vehicles, what appears to be a sports field, and piles of construction materials. A video received by Foo on Wednesday showed laundry hanging on dormitory balconies, indicating many people are still housed there.
The original KK Park compound, which contained over 630 buildings in Myawaddy, was completely demolished following joint crackdowns by China, Myanmar and Thailand.
