After the pandemic, several scam parks on the Myanmar-Thailand border controlled by Chinese are still active. Recently, they became a hot topic due to the kidnapping of mainland artists to these locations in Thailand, known as "selling piglets".
According to Hong Kong media reports, among the parks in Myawaddy on the Myanmar-Thailand border, one shares the same name and logo with the "Hengsheng" VIP room once operated in Macau, which might be associated with Ji Xiaobo, who is currently rumored to have fled overseas.
Ji Xiaobo's girlfriend, Taiwanese artist Wu Peici, yesterday (13th) posted a lawyer's letter on her social media platform IG to the involved Hong Kong media, stating that Ji Xiaobo has no direct or indirect relationship with the Hengsheng park in Myanmar, and demanded the deletion of related content in the report. Wu Peici also claimed that she had filed a lawsuit as early as December last year.
According to the involved Hong Kong media, the parks near the town of Myawaddy in central Myanmar, including "Jinxin", "Hengsheng", and "PPM", are governed by the confidants of the local Karen border army. The "Hengsheng" park, both in name and logo, is identical to the Macau VIP room "Hengsheng".
The shareholder of the "Hengsheng" VIP room is Ji Xiaobo's aunt Cui Limei, and according to the 2017 verdict of the Hong Kong High Court, it was mentioned that Ji Xiaobo was indeed the boss of "Hengsheng".
According to sources familiar with the Macau VIP room business speaking to Allin, "Hengsheng" opened its gambling room in 2011, recording a turnover of 40 billion Hong Kong dollars in the first month due to the support of over 50 shareholders, including some influential figures, initially doing good business. Later, Ji Xiaobo shifted his focus overseas, including listing Bohua Pacific and operating a casino business on Saipan Island.
However, negative news followed. In November 2023, Cui Limei and 15 others were convicted in the First Intermediate People's Court of Beijing for crimes including operating a gambling house, provoking trouble, illegal home invasion, collecting illegal debts, and transporting others to cross the border illegally. Cui Limei was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison and fined up to 200,000 yuan.
Ji Xiaobo was dealt with in another case and was characterized as the leader of a criminal gang.
As for Ji Xiaobo's mother, Cui Lijie, who once served as the executive director of the formerly listed company Bohua Pacific, which operated a casino on Saipan Island but was ordered to pay $6.9 million for forcing labor, with senior executives involved in money laundering lawsuits, eventually leading to the suspension of their gambling license, unable to support litigation costs and repay debts, and was suspended by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Ji Xiaobo, who is wanted by mainland authorities, was previously reported to have appeared in Tokyo, Japan, but his whereabouts remain a mystery.
Wu Peici, who has four children with Ji Xiaobo but is not married, defended her boyfriend again yesterday on IG, stating that the reports about Ji Xiaobo's involvement in scam parks are false and defamatory. She also posted the lawyer's letter, demanding the involved media to immediately remove the content and images related to Ji Xiaobo, or face legal action.
Wu Peici also stated in her post that Ji Xiaobo has been constantly defamed, "I don't know how many lawsuits he has won, and the money from previous victories has already been donated to charity."
She also claimed that she would sue all media and self-media that repost without verification, and donate all the money won from lawsuits to anti-scam organizations.
As for Wu Peici's IG, she has not posted any personal updates since 2021, until last December and yesterday, when she posted lawyer's letters accusing Taiwanese and Hong Kong media of false reporting on Ji Xiaobo.
