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Images Show Myanmar Scam Hub Largely Standing Despite Crackdown
Satellite images show 22 buildings destroyed and about 80 damaged at KK Park, but much of the scam hub remains operational amid military raids, experts say.
- On Nov 9, AFP satellite images showed a declared military crackdown left some damage at KK Park, a scam complex in Myanmar's border regions, with recent damage to around 100 buildings but most structures still standing.
- Analysts say China pressured the junta to act, while construction at KK Park continued after earlier crackdowns, and the Myanmar military junta is accused of allowing militias to profit from scam hubs.
- Planet Labs images between October 30 and Sunday show 22 buildings destroyed and some 80 damaged, accounting for about a quarter of KK Park.
- About 1,500 workers fled to Thailand after the raids, while The Global New Light of Myanmar said Sunday, `Currently, all the buildings are being demolished,` with residents near KK Park reporting explosions.
- Jason Tower, senior expert at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime, called the raids a `PR stunt in KK Park`, while Agence France-Presse cautioned satellite imagery cannot verify conditions on the ground.
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Images show Myanmar scam hub, notorious in South-East Asia, largely standing despite the crackdown
A declared military crackdown has left some destruction at a major scam compound in Myanmar, satellite images analysed by AFP show, but most buildings are still standing in pictures taken up to Sunday.
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Images Show Myanmar Scam Hub Largely Standing Despite Crackdown
A declared military crackdown has left some destruction at a major scam compound in Myanmar, satellite images analysed by AFP show, but most buildings are still standing in pictures taken up to Sunday.
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Myanmar claims to have bombed 101 scam buildings in KK Park, leaving 47 buildings still in the process of being demolished, while houses on the Thai side are still affected by bomb fragments falling on them. Thai soldiers have already issued protest letters every time.
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