Police arrest Myanmar's suspected crime haven boss She Zhejiang in Thailand: Report

A high-profile arrest of Chinese casino kingpin She Zhejiang at a Japanese restaurant by the Thai police has sent sigh of relief in the law enforcerment agencies, media report said. She has been absconding for a long time now, and has an international arrest warrant against him. He shall be sent back to China as per the protocol maintained by Interpol.

According to Major General Kemarin Hassiri, head, Interpol's National Central Bureau of Thailand, She is a dolphin compared to the whales waiting to be caught and associated with the suspected crime haven in Myanmar.

A brand new city is being built on the border with Thailand in Myanmar, the report said citing the Thai Police. There is a divided area in the entire region, and the law enforcers have not been able to go there. The lawlessness in the area is dotted with hotels and casinos and serves as the hotbed of crime, the report said citing human-rights groups.





Human trafficking is rampant throughout that area, and many new buildings are being constructed along with the main casino complex, it further said.

The city coming up in southern Myanmar is called Yatai New City, the report added. Satellite imagery of the area in 2016 showed a few residential houses and very few buildings. Today, a sprawling commercial activity seems to be being built in the area. Cities like these are called "Spinach" cities, taken from Mandarin, in which the word gambling sounds like spinach, it added.

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