Chinese camp operators dish out beatings, sexual violence and even electrocutions. One Ethiopian survivor though was sent to a military camp of the DKBA militia, where she was stripped naked and forced to spend hours in the searing heat. These are punishments for failure to meet scamming targets.
February 17, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Chinese camp operators dish out beatings, sexual violence and even electrocutions. One Ethiopian survivor though was sent to a military camp of the DKBA militia, where she was stripped naked and forced to spend hours in the searing heat. These are punishments for failure to meet scamming targets.
Na terça-feira, 11, veio a confirmação de que ambos haviam conseguido fugir e tinham sido detidos pelo DKBA, o Exército Democrático Karen Budista, um grupo rebelde de Mianmar.
February 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Na terça-feira, 11, veio a confirmação de que ambos haviam conseguido fugir e tinham sido detidos pelo DKBA, o Exército Democrático Karen Budista, um grupo rebelde de Mianmar.
MYANMAR: Video has emerged showing torture of a handcuffed Pakistani man by an individual in camouflage pants. 3 Burmese-speaking men appear in video, allegedly filmed at online scam site in area under control of Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA). 1/5 eng.mizzima.com/2025/04/30/2...
May 3, 2025 at 7:02 AM
MYANMAR: Video has emerged showing torture of a handcuffed Pakistani man by an individual in camouflage pants. 3 Burmese-speaking men appear in video, allegedly filmed at online scam site in area under control of Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA). 1/5 eng.mizzima.com/2025/04/30/2...
Sheep jumping, traditional milking, and a master locksmith – Türkiye’s first Wiki Loves Folklore contest captured it all. These contributions helped strengthen Wikimedia projects with local stories, traditions, and knowledge worth preserving.
Read more ➡️ w.wiki/DkBa
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April 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Sheep jumping, traditional milking, and a master locksmith – Türkiye’s first Wiki Loves Folklore contest captured it all. These contributions helped strengthen Wikimedia projects with local stories, traditions, and knowledge worth preserving.
Read more ➡️ w.wiki/DkBa
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DKBA Chief of Staff Major General Saw San Aung denied any official involvement in the abuse. A Mizzima journalist who visited the region confirmed DKBA forces were guarding compound facilities. 5/5
May 3, 2025 at 7:02 AM
DKBA Chief of Staff Major General Saw San Aung denied any official involvement in the abuse. A Mizzima journalist who visited the region confirmed DKBA forces were guarding compound facilities. 5/5
According to former security guard: ‘The DKBA soldiers are the most brutal. They’ll do whatever the boss tells them for money. DKBA soldiers are paid 4,000 baht per month, with bonuses for capturing escapees up to 45,000 baht’. 3/5
May 3, 2025 at 7:02 AM
According to former security guard: ‘The DKBA soldiers are the most brutal. They’ll do whatever the boss tells them for money. DKBA soldiers are paid 4,000 baht per month, with bonuses for capturing escapees up to 45,000 baht’. 3/5
Despite relentless attacks, the regime has been unable to retake the sprawling compound since it was captured from its DKBA allies more than two months ago
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...
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Myanmar junta continues airstrikes on scam centre seized by KNU
Despite relentless attacks, the regime has been unable to retake the sprawling compound since it was captured from its DKBA allies more than two months ago
myanmar-now.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Despite relentless attacks, the regime has been unable to retake the sprawling compound since it was captured from its DKBA allies more than two months ago
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...
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Myanmar police rescued 261 victims who were kidnapped and forced to work in online scam compounds operating in the country's Myawaddy region
www.irrawaddy.com/news/asia/ov...
www.irrawaddy.com/news/asia/ov...
Over 250 People Rescued From Myanmar Scam Center, Released at Thai Border
The group had been working at a scam center in Kyauk Khet Village in Karen State, according to the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), which controls the area.
www.irrawaddy.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Myanmar police rescued 261 victims who were kidnapped and forced to work in online scam compounds operating in the country's Myawaddy region
www.irrawaddy.com/news/asia/ov...
www.irrawaddy.com/news/asia/ov...
New crime sites have surfaced in Minletpan, south of Myawaddy, carrying hallmarks of online compounds. Rapid construction suggests Karen BGF & DKBA involvement. The office-style buildings starkly contrast with rural landscape, echoing similar setups in Myawaddy.
Minletpan Site #1 👇🏽 buff.ly/kVvQo1v
Minletpan Site #1 👇🏽 buff.ly/kVvQo1v
March 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
New crime sites have surfaced in Minletpan, south of Myawaddy, carrying hallmarks of online compounds. Rapid construction suggests Karen BGF & DKBA involvement. The office-style buildings starkly contrast with rural landscape, echoing similar setups in Myawaddy.
Minletpan Site #1 👇🏽 buff.ly/kVvQo1v
Minletpan Site #1 👇🏽 buff.ly/kVvQo1v
Aum Shinrikyo (now Aleph)
Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA)
Bodu Bala Sena (BBS)
969 Movement / Ma Ba Tha
Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA)
Bodu Bala Sena (BBS)
969 Movement / Ma Ba Tha
April 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Aum Shinrikyo (now Aleph)
Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA)
Bodu Bala Sena (BBS)
969 Movement / Ma Ba Tha
Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA)
Bodu Bala Sena (BBS)
969 Movement / Ma Ba Tha
And yeah this is another of those glorious South-Eastt Asian stories of utter factional chaos. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKBA-5
DKBA-5 - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
And yeah this is another of those glorious South-Eastt Asian stories of utter factional chaos. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKBA-5
The US Department of Justice, FBI, and Secret Service is creating a new "Scam Center Strike Force" to tackle cybercriminals running scam centers in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos
Treasury Sanctions Burma Armed Group and Companies Linked to Organized Crime Targeting Americans
WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), a Burmese armed group, along with four of its senio...
home.treasury.gov
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The US Department of Justice, FBI, and Secret Service is creating a new "Scam Center Strike Force" to tackle cybercriminals running scam centers in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos
Myanmar/Thailand: "When a Mizzima team visited Kyaukhet on 5 March, they observed active Chinese scam sites despite DKBA’s claims of an ongoing crackdown."
DKBA also hasn't announced return of any Chinese nationals & tells Mizzima "We don’t speak Chinese, & China isn’t our government".
DKBA also hasn't announced return of any Chinese nationals & tells Mizzima "We don’t speak Chinese, & China isn’t our government".
eng.mizzima.com
March 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Myanmar/Thailand: "When a Mizzima team visited Kyaukhet on 5 March, they observed active Chinese scam sites despite DKBA’s claims of an ongoing crackdown."
DKBA also hasn't announced return of any Chinese nationals & tells Mizzima "We don’t speak Chinese, & China isn’t our government".
DKBA also hasn't announced return of any Chinese nationals & tells Mizzima "We don’t speak Chinese, & China isn’t our government".
Myanmar: A tense confrontation broke out between DKBA members & a large group of foreigners (mostly Ethiopians?) awaiting repatriation after release from Myawaddy area scam facilities.
They've been held in limbo (in squalid conditions) for over 2 months due to repatriation complications.
They've been held in limbo (in squalid conditions) for over 2 months due to repatriation complications.
April 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Myanmar: A tense confrontation broke out between DKBA members & a large group of foreigners (mostly Ethiopians?) awaiting repatriation after release from Myawaddy area scam facilities.
They've been held in limbo (in squalid conditions) for over 2 months due to repatriation complications.
They've been held in limbo (in squalid conditions) for over 2 months due to repatriation complications.
The KNU continue to increase their control of the Thai- #Myanmar border, making several advances in the past month. Their latest move into DKBA territory may signal a weakening of the junta allied group following interventions by Thailand in relation to scam centres.
Karen Rebels Defeat Myanmar Junta Reinforcements near Thai Border
The Karen National Liberation Army says that it defeated around 72 regime troops trying to reinforce a base on the border with Thailand in Karen State.
www.irrawaddy.com
May 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The KNU continue to increase their control of the Thai- #Myanmar border, making several advances in the past month. Their latest move into DKBA territory may signal a weakening of the junta allied group following interventions by Thailand in relation to scam centres.
Myanmar: Report that 4 KTLA members including a commander (who'd all previously been in DKBA) have rejoined DKBA.
Claims they'll be reinstated to their previous positions in DKBA.
30+ others from KTLA were also claimed to defect to DKBA earlier this month: kicnews.org/2025/04/%E1%...
Claims they'll be reinstated to their previous positions in DKBA.
30+ others from KTLA were also claimed to defect to DKBA earlier this month: kicnews.org/2025/04/%E1%...
ဗိုလ်စလုံး ဦးဆောင်သော KTLA တပ်ဖွဲ့ဝင်အချို့ DKBA ထံ ပြန်လည်ပူးပေါင်း - ကေအိုင်စီ - KIC News
ဧပြီလ ၂၆ ရက်၊ ၂၀၂၅ ခုနှစ်။ ကေအိုင်စီ ကော်သူးလေ တပ်မတော်-KTLA အဖွဲ့မှ ဗိုလ်စလုံး ဦးဆောင်ပြီး တပ်ဖွဲ့ဝင် (၃) ဦးနှင့်အတူ ဒီမိုကရေစီ အကျိုးပြု ကရင့်တပ်မတော်-DKBA ထံသို့ ယနေ့ ဧပြီလ ၂၆ ရက်နေ့တွင် ပြန်လည်...
kicnews.org
April 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Myanmar: Report that 4 KTLA members including a commander (who'd all previously been in DKBA) have rejoined DKBA.
Claims they'll be reinstated to their previous positions in DKBA.
30+ others from KTLA were also claimed to defect to DKBA earlier this month: kicnews.org/2025/04/%E1%...
Claims they'll be reinstated to their previous positions in DKBA.
30+ others from KTLA were also claimed to defect to DKBA earlier this month: kicnews.org/2025/04/%E1%...
The victim in the video said: ‘The DKBA guards the scam sites for the Chinese mafia. If the Chinese order it, the DKBA beat us and shock us with electricity. They are merciless. People are dying in there, and the DKBA feels nothing. They’re worse than the Chinese’. 4/5
May 3, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The victim in the video said: ‘The DKBA guards the scam sites for the Chinese mafia. If the Chinese order it, the DKBA beat us and shock us with electricity. They are merciless. People are dying in there, and the DKBA feels nothing. They’re worse than the Chinese’. 4/5
Map updated for November- biggest changes of course near Momeik/Mogok but also Mawtaung road taken by KNLA and other smaller gains. Also corrected some more minor control for KNLP, KNUKNLAPC and DKBA to not be coloured the same as KNLA/Karenni resistanced
December 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Map updated for November- biggest changes of course near Momeik/Mogok but also Mawtaung road taken by KNLA and other smaller gains. Also corrected some more minor control for KNLP, KNUKNLAPC and DKBA to not be coloured the same as KNLA/Karenni resistanced
Ye Belu PDF attacking DKBA- one of them at least- on the Ye-Mawlamyine road
October 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Ye Belu PDF attacking DKBA- one of them at least- on the Ye-Mawlamyine road
1/ Myanmar: Small 🧵 of great coverage on "scam" facilities.
"Shazab was in the group was that was handed over by the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA)"
...
"Dozens in the group showed wounds they said were due to being repeatedly shocked with an electric prod."
"Shazab was in the group was that was handed over by the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA)"
...
"Dozens in the group showed wounds they said were due to being repeatedly shocked with an electric prod."
February 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
1/ Myanmar: Small 🧵 of great coverage on "scam" facilities.
"Shazab was in the group was that was handed over by the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA)"
...
"Dozens in the group showed wounds they said were due to being repeatedly shocked with an electric prod."
"Shazab was in the group was that was handed over by the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA)"
...
"Dozens in the group showed wounds they said were due to being repeatedly shocked with an electric prod."
In some cases that I documented, people were happier at first and believed in the moral leadership of U Thuzana etc. But they were the
slowly abandoned by DKBA and their villages were subsumed into the state and fully controlled by the military which then further increased abuse and exploitation
slowly abandoned by DKBA and their villages were subsumed into the state and fully controlled by the military which then further increased abuse and exploitation
December 23, 2024 at 1:06 AM
In some cases that I documented, people were happier at first and believed in the moral leadership of U Thuzana etc. But they were the
slowly abandoned by DKBA and their villages were subsumed into the state and fully controlled by the military which then further increased abuse and exploitation
slowly abandoned by DKBA and their villages were subsumed into the state and fully controlled by the military which then further increased abuse and exploitation
The victim was among 261 foreign nationals rescued from the operation and handed over to Thai authorities by DKBA in February. The man claims violence in the compound was meted out by Chinese handlers, DKBA soldiers & local security personnel. 2/5
May 3, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The victim was among 261 foreign nationals rescued from the operation and handed over to Thai authorities by DKBA in February. The man claims violence in the compound was meted out by Chinese handlers, DKBA soldiers & local security personnel. 2/5