A gambling tycoon who has been detained in Thailand has declared through a recently leaked video and statement that he’s not suicidal.
Mr. She is fighting against the extradition request to be sent to China because in January 2017 he obtained Cambodian citizenship and is no longer a Chinese citizen. He said that if he dies, it would be due to actions by the Chinese State Security and Thai intelligence services.
A close friend, who wishes to remain anonymous out of fear of Beijing’s reprisal, spoke to the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times on behalf of Mr. She out of concern for his well-being.
The friend said that Mr. She has become another victim of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) infiltration operations on foreign soil. Beijing often recruits overseas Chinese businessmen in the name of patriotism, but then destroys them after their job for the regime is complete.
He expressed grave concerns for Mr. She’s life following the regime’s all-out effort to defame the businessman.
The friend provided The Epoch Times a video from Mr. She regarding his personal statement that he’s “not suicidal” dated Sept. 20, and another video from an inmate who called for public attention to Mr. She who Beijing allegedly wants dead.
The inmate, Wang Fugui, described in the video at least one incident when violence broke out in Mr. She’s prison, which the pair believe was targeted at Mr. She, who luckily went unharmed because he was in a meeting with his lawyer to appeal the extradition.
The Recruitment
Accepting the CCP’s recruitment means for an individual to work as a CCP agent. According to a report from a U.S. Congressional hearing on cases of Chinese espionage in 2016, “Business people at home and abroad also are used as case officers, collaborators, and principal agents who develop spy networks themselves,” it said of China.As a common practice, overseas Chinese Chambers of Commerce often serve as CCP spy hubs that house recruited expatriates, who are often successful overseas Chinese businessmen.
Mr. She’s acceptance of the CCP’s recruitment immediately won him publicity among mainland Chinese.
In the July 2019 signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement in Beijing between Mr. She and the China Center for International Economic Exchange (CCIEE), Mr. She was introduced as a successful expatriate entrepreneur, philanthropist, and a leader of the overseas chamber of commerce joining the construction of the China-Thailand-Myanmar Economic Corridor. Burma is also known as Myanmar.
CCIEE, a Chinese economic think tank, was officially launched in Beijing on March 20, 2009, under the instructions of then-Premier Wen Jiabao. CCIEE had the mission to set strategy for the regime’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
From Patriot to Hypocrite
Mr. She, born in 1982 in a peasant family in Hunan Province, explored his opportunities in the Philippines in his early 20s.He started his career in casinos and became one of the shareholders of Genting Casino in the Philippines. According to his friend, Mr. She’s success, charity work, and popularity amongst Chinese Filipinos were what initially drew the attention of the CCP’s national security sector.
Mr. She’s first task was from the CCP’s agent Ma Dongli, who persuaded him to join the CCP’s overseas strategy and to acquire a large lot of land from the Burmese government, his friend said.
Subsequently, he acquired 120 square kilometers of land in Shwe Kokko Valley, where Yatai International is located.
In 2017, Mr. She invested $15 billion to develop Yatai New City.
“Yatai New City was also built with funds and technology of the CCP’s central enterprises,” the friend said, such as China Railway 20th Bureau, China National Real Estate Development Group, and Xi'an Construction Engineering Group.
Their chairmen and party committee secretaries, i.e., CCP loyalists, have all since made appearances in Yatai New City. The CCP agent Mr. Ma became the executive director of Yatai International.
The CCP also arranged for another high official, General Manager of Xi'an Construction Engineering Zhao Hongbing, to serve as the chief supervisor of the Board of Directors to Yatai International, the friend said.
Mr. She’s friend explained that Mr. She’s close personal relationship with the local military government was impeding the CCP’s effort to control the city.
CCP’s Misuse of Interpol
On Aug. 10, 2022, Thai police arrested Mr. She in a Japanese restaurant in the suburbs of Bangkok on an Interpol arrest warrant issued in May 2021, with the crime of “running illegal online gambling operations.”It’s important to note, however, that the CCP has a history of misusing the Interpol system to hunt down political enemies using trumped up charges.
The report said that China and Hong Kong authorities have “issued a growing series of threats to make use of mutual legal assistance treaties (MLATs) with third countries, as well as the tools provided by Interpol, to actively chase and repatriate ‘fugitives’.”
The report presented data on how Chinese authorities use and misuse Interpol tools such as Red Notices, and Interpol’s rapid expansion over the last two decades, which has seen the use of Red Notices increased ten-fold, and Diffusions (an informal alert) five-fold.
When the Split Began
The CCP wanted Mr. She to relocate to Taiwan for development, according to his friend. That’s when Mr. She became aware of the CCP’s intention to remove him and started to distance himself from the CCP.“If She Zhijiang leaves for Taiwan, the CCP will take over Yatai New City. This is the starting point of their conflict. He has personally invested more than $10 billion. Of course he would not let go,” the friend said.
“We wish to clarify here that we were initially seeking association with the BRI, as our infrastructural and development synergised with the objectives of the BRI.
“We would like to state that we distance ourselves from BRI, and have received no official endorsement from the Chinese government,” the company claimed at the time.
The Underworld of National Security
In the video and statement provided to The Epoch Times, Mr. She solemnly declared: “First of all, I am not the owner of KK Park, and I have nothing to do with KK Park. I have never run a fraudulent company.”The friend explained that Yatai New City is located in Shwe Kokko, around 12.5 miles north of Myawaddy. It has a separate administration from Myawaddy.
He said that Shwe Kokko is governed by Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) chief Colonel Saw Chit Thu, and Myawaddy is ruled by Major Saw Tin Win. Both families call themselves the Karen Border Guards, but they do not interfere with each other’s operations.
The friend said that BRI projects develop along two tracks. The first track are official BRI projects, such as high-speed rail, highway, and other projects occupied by the CCP’s red families and their interest groups of PetroChina, Sinopec, China Railway Group, and so forth.
The other track are underworld syndicates associated with the national security sector, who engage in illegal activity, from online casinos and cyber scams, to human trafficking and money laundering.
According to the friend, Duan Zhengli is the general agent of Beijing’s national security in Burma. “I was told he went to KK Park just this September to collect commissions. It’s not clear if he will send the money to Beijing. But he’s closely connected to KK Park.”
Yatai New City
Fu Yifeng, a 27-year-old Chinese from Shandong, China, was granted United Nations refugee status in Thailand this May.He has been stateless since he was born. “The regime denied my household registration,” he said.
“It’s not a large city, approximately the size of a typical small town in China. But, it’s well equipped with facilities such as parks, hospitals, KTV cinemas, commercial centers, boxing gyms, sewage treatment plants, among others,” Mr. Fu told the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times.
He explained there was still construction taking place in various parts of the city. Yatai Park in the city was full of visitors almost all day long.
“There were security personnel patrolling the streets and alleys of the entire city and at every intersection—almost all day long at any corner. Another detail is that there are free drinking fountains every few hundred meters on the city’s roads and sidewalks,” Mr. Fu said.
He described Yatai New City development as well organized, and not what the CCP media had reported to the Chinese public.
Mr. Fu would like to warn people not to even try to visit the area. On the trip, Mr. Fu was accompanied by two local militia soldiers. According to him, KK Park was entirely fenced like a prison city.
Online Censorship
On Oct. 5, The Epoch Times was able to communicate with Mr. He, the interim director of Yatai International after Mr. She’s arrest.To protect his identity, Mr. He’s first name was not provided.
He said the various projects in the city have continued, but definitely at a much slower pace since Mr. She’s arrest.
Yatai International is engaging in developing animal husbandry, aquaculture, and agriculture in Yatai New City, i.e., the overall urban planning that has been in Mr. She’s mind. Only Mr. She has the detailed blueprint of the city, and no one else can replace his status in building the city, according to Mr. He.
“We are city developers. Anyone coming to the city to conduct their businesses must gain approval from local authorities. What local businesses would entail are not in our control,” said Mr. He.
“We have had a good relationship with the local military government, but the CCP is suppressing us,” said Mr. He.
The friend previously revealed that Mr. She’s good terms with BGF chief Col. Chit Thu has granted him a security force of 5,000 people in Yatai New City. “This is finally the main reason why the CCP wanted to get rid of him because he’s influential, he is rich, and he has the land, an army, and won’t be easy to control,” said the friend.
Yatai International’s public accounts on Chinese social media WeChat and Douyin were shut down, and its official website hacked. The company is now trying to rebuild a website that won’t be jeopardized by the online hacks, according to Mr. He.
He emphasized that the online smearing of Mr. She was baseless.
“Gambling has existed in the area for a long time. We came here to do urban development, only locals know the many jobs we bring to the local area, which was originally a barren, wild, and deserted area.”
“Mr. She’s gambling business in the Philippines had a formal legal gambling license,” he stated.
As for the CCP agents arranged in Yatai International, Mr. Duan, Mr. Zhao, and Mr. Ma all disappeared after Mr. She’s arrest, Mr. He confirmed to The Epoch Times.
