Three Chinese men who fled from the KK Park scam complex in Myawaddy, Myanmar, were caught sneaking into Thailand near the border in Tak northern province on Thursday.
They were apprehended by soldiers and border police patrolling along the border in tambon Mahawan in Mae Sot district.
The Chinese nationals, whose names were not revealed, admitted to sneaking into Thailand via a natural path.
The KK Park complex sitting across from Mae Sot on the banks of the Moei River covers roughly 500 acres and is run by Chinese crime families.
The site is now controlled by Myanmar military forces, which have bombed dozens of buildings there since Oct 22. An operation on Thursday took place closer to the Thai side, forcing some Thai households to evacuate for safety reasons.
Chinese scam syndicates have managed to avoid the crackdown on KK Park by moving to other nearby locations in Myanmar, according to local reports. But the lower-level foreigners who worked there continue to escape across the border.
Thai authorities on Wednesday reported 39 foreign nationals — 34 males and five females — fleeing from KK Park were caught illegally entering Thailand by foot. They were 12 Pakistanis,12 Kenyans, three Ugandans, three Vietnamese, two Indians, two Nepalis, a South Sudanese, an Egyptian, a Kazakhstani, a Burundian and a Rwandan.
