Excerpt copied and pasted from Irrawaddy--Probable 3 way alliance--scam centers, BGF and Junta--

https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/myanmar-juntas-hands-are-tied-in-scam-center-crackdown.html

To make matters worse, the KNU and People’s Defense Forces have captured Thingan Nyinaung operational command base and three battalions as well as hills near Myawaddy, effectively encircling the town. Junta units and administrative mechanisms in Myawaddy town have survived thanks to protection from Saw Chit Thu’s Karen BGF, but without it they will fall.

The Karen BGF has at least 8,000 troops including 2,000-3,000 in Myawaddy and Shwe Kokko. The regime is not in a position to confront them. It would lose Myawaddy if it came into conflict with Saw Chit Thu.

All the regime can do is admit to China and Thailand that it does not have control over Myawaddy. It may well be nervous that its murky dealings with Saw Chit Thu would he and the other BGF leaders are arrested.

Yet the scam problem cannot be resolved unless action is taken against Saw Chit Thu and the Karen BGF.

An estimated 100,000 people are involved in scam operations in Myawaddy alone. China wants to root out the compounds, but its stance on the Myanmar junta is inconsistent. It will be interesting to see whether China will insist on completely eliminating the fraud syndicates at the Myawaddy border or if it will be satisfied by a partial crackdown.

Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing has so far only told state and regional chief ministers to take action against scam syndicates in their respective areas, but no concrete action has been seen.

Even after the Thai government suspended the two senior police officers, the regime remained silent and took no action against military and civilian officials in Myawaddy.

China, having witnessed the involvement of senior military and civilian administration officials in scam hubs in Laukkai near its border, will find it hard to believe that military and civilian officials are not involved.