🧵 Cyber scam park Dongmei Park in #Myanmar, linked to Karen BGF/KNA, was built w/ involvement of Malaysian citizens, incl. a fmr Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department & @umnoonline senator, Dato Dr Mashitah Ibrahim & her husband, Datuk Abdul Shakor bin Abu Bakar ⬇️ The horrific conditions in the park were exposed in a 2023 @nytimes article featuring a Chinese man nicknamed Neo who was trafficked, confined for 7 mths and forced to work on cryptocurrency scams for a Chinese criminal gang in Dongmei.
@QianIsabelle 1/📰 nyti.ms/3KMAQBY

🧵 Who's behind Yatai New City, located in Shwe Ko Ko? A closer look at Karen BGF/KNA & its partner She Zhijiang, a Chinese businessperson arrested in #Thailand on an int'l warrant and is awaiting extradition to China to answer charges of running illegal gambling operations. ⬇️ She Zhijiang is a Chinese businessperson who acquired Cambodian citizenship in 2017.

On top of being arrested in Thailand & waiting extradition to #China, he was sanctioned by the UK in 2023 for his links to human trafficking in Shwe Kokko. 1/ reut.rs/3ViMkTP

Have you heard of Emerging Towns and Cities Singapore Ltd (ETC)?🧐 Its a #Singapore-based developer & lead investor in Golden City. Golden City complex is built on land controlled by #Myanmar military. It channels millions of $$ to office of Quartermaster General of the army 😲

https://twitter.com/JusticeMyanmar/status/1364873047967203329

ETC channels their biz through shell companies, with additional investment flowing from 4 biz incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and whose ownership is hidden. Golden City is ETC’s sole real estate development 1/

In upmarket Yankin Tsp in #Yangon #Myanmar sits Golden City complex. Behind veneer of gaudy gold-patterned buildings, there is a bloody fact: it channels $millions to the Army Quartermaster General's office, which buys weapons used to commit #WarCrimes & #CrimesAgainstHumanity 👇🏽 The buildings in Golden City complex are home to powerful Chinese multinational corporations, incl. CITIC, China Railway Construction Corp, Bank of China, China State Construction Engineering & China International Telecommunication Construction Corporation. 1/

As ppl peacefully protest in front of Central Bank of #Myanmar, urging employees to join #CivildisobenienceMovement, here's ways to prevent generals from gaining access to country’s foreign assets & using int banking system to maintain their violent rule 👉🏼ow.ly/9vNB50DAdQD We call on int. community & biz to immediately take the following 4 actions:

1️⃣Locate & freeze #Myanmar’s billions of dollars in foreign reserves so they cannot be embezzled by generals or siphoned off to bankroll their brutal regime #Myanmarcoup #CivilDisobdienceMovement
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Is #Myanmar military using @Telenor_mm to spy on activists? In a @bistandsaktuelt investigation, Telenor refused to answer questions on whether the military has access to user data. See the story in Norwegian 👉 ow.ly/NOLQ50DzRqn 1/ #CivilDisobedienceMovement #keepiton #CDN .@TelenorGroup refused to answer questions on whether the company will even disclose if they receive a directive or a request from #Myanmar authorities for access to user data. This puts #CivilDisobedienceMovement activists + journalists at risk, whose lives are on the line 2/