China News Service, Guangzhou, August 12, title: "Dream Seekers" in northern Myanmar: those days when they were trapped in fraud dens

　　Author Fang Weibin Liu Yingli

　　32-year-old Axian (pseudonym) recalled the days when he was "seeking dreams" in northern Myanmar: he was tricked into a fraud den to "go to work", he refused to accept management and was locked up in a black house, and he earned enough money from selling fried rice to return home and surrendered in Guangzhou... In the city detention center, Ah Xian recounted his nightmare, and the most memorable one was that he lied to a 20-year-old girl in Zengcheng, Guangzhou.

All this is because he wants to have a "well-paid" overseas job.

　　"When I was playing online games at home, I met Xiaojun, a netizen." Axian said, Xiaojun asked him if he had the idea of ​​working in a foreign country. In some countries, there are many gambling and entertainment industries. You can be a bodyguard, bartender, or driver. .

Xiaojun soon helped Axian introduce a "job" with a monthly salary of more than 10,000 yuan (RMB, the same below), and gave him more than 1,000 yuan as travel expenses.

　　"After I contacted Xiaojun, he asked me to drive me to Pu'er, Yunnan, and then transferred to Menglian by van. The more and more remote I got, I was taken to a company. After I got in, high walls, power grids, gun guards... …"

　　A staff member chatted with Ah Xian that night and asked him if he had ever heard of "killing pigs". After learning about the company's business, Ah Xian suddenly realized that he was unwilling to join the fraud company at first. A Xian who disobeyed the management was detained. Entered the small black room, "After I was locked in, they hit me with rifle butts, saying that they had spent so much money to let me smuggle over, and how could I get back if I didn't work."

　　After more than ten days of physical and mental torture, Ah Xian was forced to join.

After more than ten days of follow-up study, Ah Xian officially took up his post.

"Wake up at 8 o'clock for breakfast, and be sure to go to the office area on the second floor at 8:30. At 9 o'clock, the team leader will come to distribute the mobile phones of some customers."

　　The reporter learned that Ah Xian and the other deceived people were divided into several groups, each with 8 to 10 people in a room, and each room was guarded by armed personnel.

Each group has a team leader responsible for management, a "financial" responsible for sending money to customers who like it, and a "customer service" specializing in handling customers who ask for refunds after they have doubts.

　　"We have a'shushu book', according to the words, guide customers to the short video platform to like, and there will be a commission of 5 yuan for the like. When the customer tastes the sweetness, we will use'grab more orders and make more money' 'For the reason, they are induced to download the company's APP and tell customers to recharge before they can first grab orders. As customers charge more, the company will freeze their accounts and transfer the money away." Axian said.

　　Axian claimed that he was not strong in his "business ability", and followed his words step by step to lure customers into the scam. After a month, he made a few orders. The biggest one was to lie to a 20-year-old girl in Zengcheng, Guangzhou. Thousands of dollars are also used to brush orders, recharge, and freeze the principal that cannot be withdrawn.

　　"The company asked me to find a way to return to China." On New Year's Day 2021, Ah Xian, who had too little business ability, was sent to the border port.

Local armed personnel told Ah Xian that he had to pay an application fee of 9,000 yuan to return to China, and he was dumbfounded at the time.

After many twists and turns, Ah Xian found a local villager who opened a barber shop. The villager suggested that he could earn enough travel expenses by his own craft or labor before returning home.

So Ah Xian bought a cart and gas stove with the 2000 yuan loaned to him by the barber shop owner, and started selling fried rice.

　　After the Spring Festival in 2021, as the epidemic situation improves, Ah Xian's business gradually improves.

By April, he had saved more than 40,000 yuan.

Ah Xian bought a mobile phone and got in touch with his family.

Ah Xian learned that the Chinese government implements a lenient and lenient policy for persons engaged in fraud overseas returning to their country and surrendering themselves.

In May of this year, Ah Xian returned to China from Menglian Port. After 14 days of isolation, he surrendered to the task force of the Ministry of Public Security.

　　A few days ago, the Guangdong Higher People’s Court, the Guangdong Provincial People’s Procuratorate, and the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department jointly issued the "Notice on Urging People Struggling in Northern Myanmar and Other Foreign Countries Engaging in Telecommunications and Network Fraud and Other Criminal Activities to Surrender."

　　Northern Myanmar is not a paradise. "Dream Seeker" Axian finally understands that only the money he earns from his duty is the most practical.

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