She Zhijiang

Early life He was born in in Shaodong, Hunan, China.

Business interests His company, Yatai International Holdings Group (abbreviated Yatai IHG), is registered in Hong Kong and headquartered in Thailand. In 2014, a Shandong court convicted him of running an illegal lottery business in the Philippines that targeted Chinese online users, and had netted US$298 million in profits.

In 2015, he began building a business in Cambodia, involved in the illicit business of helping Chinese gamblers front-load gambling bets made in Cambodian casinos. Cambodia's government grants citizenship to individuals who donate at least US$250,000 to the government.

Foray into Myanmar In 2017, Yatai received a conditional permit from the Myanmar Investment Commission to develop a small-scale housing estate in Shwe Kokko, near the Burmese-Thai border town of Myawaddy.

Shwe Kokko is controlled by the Kayin State Border Guard Forces (BGF), consisting of former Democratic Karen Buddhist Army forces that were formally integrated into the Myanmar Armed Forces in 2010. In response, Chinese casino and other illicit cyber scam operators quickly exited Cambodia, and found a new base at Yatai's development and similar Chinese-led developments like Saixigang and Huanya International New City Project, along Myanmar's borders. In 2020, Myanmar's civilian-led government formed a tribunal to investigate irregularities in the Yatai development project, successfully halting the project. Tensions between the Kayin State Border Guard Force and the Myanmar Armed Forces escalated over the development. The government of the People's Republic of China distanced itself from Yatai's development, after an expose on She was published by Caixin. Buildings have been converted into prison-like hubs from which cybercriminals run scams that target internet users around the world. In December 2023, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on She Zhijiang for being linked to "forced labour schemes" in which "victims were trafficked to work for online scam farms".

Arrest and detention in Thailand On 13 August 2022, Thai police arrested She in Bangkok, with plans to extradite him to China to face criminal charges.

, he was being kept in Klong Prem Central Prison in Thailand, having been moved there from Bangkok Remand Prison in October 2024. His lawyers have claimed that he had been subjected to abuse in prison.

Self-proclaimed "Chinese spy" Since being arrested by Thai police, She Zhijiang has repeatedly claimed that he is a Chinese spy and will be "killed" by the Chinese government "for political purposes". He claimed to have been recruited by the Chinese government in 2016 while in the Philippines. In this documentary, he also alleged former Philippine mayor Alice Guo who governed the town of Bamban in the Philippines is also a Chinese spy "just like him". He called on Guo to admit her "spy identity" as soon as possible. He expressed his hope to "cooperate" with the Philippine government. Alice Guo denied knowing She Zhijiang in House of Representatives inquiries and Senate hearings. She was transferred from the Bangkok Remand Prison to a detention facility at Suvarnabhumi Police Station before being handed over to the Chinese police.

On November 12, She was escorted to Nanjing Lukou International Airport by airplane.