13th November 2025 – (Jiangsu) She Zhijiang, a 43-year-old businessman long portrayed as a key financier behind Myanmar’s KK Park scam complex, was extradited from Thailand to China on Wednesday night, 12th November. Holding a Cambodian passport and detained since his arrest in August 2022, he was transferred under Thai police escort from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport and landed at Nanjing Lukou International Airport in Jiangsu, where Chinese authorities formally arrested him on suspicion of running large-scale gambling and fraud operations.
Thai courts recently upheld the extradition request, clearing the way for She to face trial on the mainland. Local reports state he is accused of backing extensive online gambling and telecoms fraud networks, including activities linked to KK Park and the neighbouring Shwe Kokko City project near the Thai border.
Investigative accounts have identified She as a principal funder of KK Park, allegedly connected to more than 200 illegal online gambling platforms said to have drawn around 330,000 Chinese participants and handled funds in excess of 2.7 billion. Separate findings suggest Shwe Kokko City, overseen by She’s interests, harboured 248 telecom fraud groups targeting Chinese nationals, inflicting substantial financial losses.
Chinese and regional media have also spotlighted She’s background and business footprint in Southeast Asia. Born in Shaodong, Hunan, in 1982, he reportedly left school at 14, later moving to the Philippines to enter online gambling before expanding operations into Cambodia and Thailand. He is said to have adopted the Cambodian identity Tang Kriang Kai and established companies in both Cambodia and Hong Kong, including Yatai International Holding Group Limited, which was registered in Hong Kong in 2017 and dissolved in 2024. Promotional materials previously touted the “Asia Pacific New City” project at Myawaddy—marketed as a Belt and Road-aligned development—though China’s embassy in Myanmar publicly disavowed any Belt and Road connection in 2020.
Diplomatic and legal documents indicate She’s network has been the subject of international scrutiny and sanctions by the U.K. and U.S. over alleged fraud and human rights abuses. United Nations estimates suggest hundreds of thousands of people have been trapped in Southeast Asian scam compounds, many lured by bogus job offers and then forced into online fraud, with Beijing intensifying crackdowns as Chinese and Hong Kong residents feature prominently among victims.
