Chinese student's harrowing escape from Myanmar's fraud park

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Press " PandaGuides " above to follow us! On June 5, 2022, Leo, a 27-year-old Chinese student from Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, stood at the edge of a murky river in Southeast Asia. The river, no wider than five or six meters, stretched lazily between two banks of yellowish mud and tangled wild bushes. It seemed insignificant, but this modest waterway, the Moei River, marks the Thai-Myanmar border, infamous as a haven for human smuggling. Leo’s companions that day were a Kenyan woman and a Chinese man in his thirties. Behind them trailed four menacing figures, one of whom openly carried a machete, its blade glinting under the sunlight. “They are human traffic,” the Kenyan woman whispered. At that moment, Leo realized their fate - they were “pigs,” a term used in human trafficking circles for victims sold into exploitative labor or fraudulent schemes. The Journey to Despair Leo’s background was relatively privileged. At the age of 16, he was sent to study in the UK, atten ………………………………