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yatai had invited us to see shwe kokko, a different side.afe, green city," they kept telling us. there was, unexpectedly, a library and even a not entirely convincing branch of starbucks — some local people quietly told us that the scam you could see bars on the insides of the windows. they allowed us to see these spectacular karaoke rooms, though in them we met only these young chinese women who work here. are no longer permitted. on the streets we saw only the local karen people who come here to work in the hotels and restaurants. there was, unexpectedly, a library and even a not entirely convincing branch of starbucks — but we saw few customers. they allowed us to see only the outsides of all the buildings. "it's private," they said when we asked to go in. some local people quietly told us that the scam business still thrives here. you could see bars on the insides of the windows. at night, shwe kokko lights up, with nine casinos, supposedly for chinese gamblers, but there are few visitors. they allowed us to see these spectacular karaoke

so why has a chinese company called yatai built all of this? luxury villas and cyber parks. is the most technically, we are in the middle of a war zone in myanmar, and yet the scale of the building, i mean, they say they've ended the scams and the human are no longer permitted. is presented as safe, city. from we have about city, scans are certainly still remain almost certainly still remain business. the public is being invited to suggest candidates justin welby�*s resignation. injanuary after a damning report into a prolific child abuser associated with the church. his replacement will be the 106th appointment to the role, the incumbent of which is the spiritual the celebrity chef gino d'acampo has denied a number making unacceptable and distressing comments. gino! ..and on screen innuendo. but gino d'acampo has now been accused of inappropriate look at the view behind me. the allegations against him have been made in an they accuse him of aggressive behaviour and using abusive sexualised language, which left some staff fearful and uncomfortable. aware of these matters pre

the reason, say yatai's critics, is scam centres, yatai's boss, a chinese man called she zhijiang, all this, it's you just from to fund it. cold, easterly winds are set to dominate our weather something akin to beast from the east, well, this area of high pressure. so whilst it's cold today, temperatures actually lift and mainly on the hills. because we've got outbreaks of rain developing a little bit wintry over the higher ground. here, a keen breeze, though, gusting 30—40 miles out of the sunshine. will develop a bit more widely and into the night across parts of wales, central and southern england. slight dusting of snow possible on some of the hills too, and later in the night into the north—east of england, further north and west, clearest of the skies, lowest of the temperatures tonight and a widespread frost here into tomorrow morning. through tomorrow. a few more wintry showers for eastern scotland. lots of cloud for england and wales. some will stay dry. where temperatures will actually be higher than today, with that easterly wind. so temperatures will be on the rise at twi

it is clear that yatai has ambitions to be something much bigger, even though it is such a strange locationbuilt such a big city, to clean up their image. and they desperately want to persuade the world and that they really do want to leave scams behind. with this new image they are trying to present, they claim they ended the scams. every year, they would not tell us. plus, when you look at the buildings, you can see any other business, apart completely cut off from the worst of the world and we have spoken to people who worked there recently going on. on the border. yesterday, they were mentioned and brought up when the thai prime minister the mood has really changed. for a long time, both china and thailand ignored it they claim with the chinese high and mighty. now, china has a lot of problems, a lot of criminal caught up in them and relatives are protesting back in home. now in thailand, opposition parties are seen we have to do on the border. anything that goes into the scam centres has to go that part is effectively lawless. warming the climate. here's our climate correspondent jonah

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so why has a chinese company called yatai built all of this?s and cyber parks. human trafficking and money laundering. yatai's boss, a chinese man called she zhijiang, is currently languishing in a thai prison wanted technically, we are in the middle of a war zone what's much less clear, though, is what the business model is. trafficking, but looking around at all this, it's you just from to fund it. a different side. "it's a safe, green city," they kept telling us. everywhere they've put up these huge billboards promising in three languages that forced labour and human trafficking are no longer permitted. "it's private," they said when we asked to go in. some local people quietly told us that the scam business still thrives here. you could see bars on the insides of the windows. at night, shwe kokko lights up, with nine casinos, supposedly and all the time, from screens on the walls, the face extolling his vision of a shining new city. let's speak to south—east asia correspondentjonathan head. journalists are rarely allowed into these kinds of