According to Brian, the Thai Government is bearing down on such NGOs by getting in place a law requiring such NGOs to disclose their source of funding or be closed down, which such NGOs are going to protest for sure. If the Thai Government does crack down on those protest, accusations of human right's abuse will surface and sanctions will follow. Such is the modus operandi of the White curse.
Myanmar is also Bearing down on such fake NGOs and more protest is expected. Cambodia knows their close ties with China will bring them trouble next. Whether Malaysia knows or not that they are next in line, albeit with weak leaders, is the question. When Mahathir was in power the USA could not do much, but with weak leaders running the country, it is ripe for the picking.
Thailand and Myanmar are taking a leaf from what the Chinese Government did in Hong Kong. Let those rats surface, watch them closely, identify them, get the evidence and get rid of them in one fell swoop. It is no use cracking down too early, as those rats will just go underground and resurface later. The Chinese saying is that to get rid of grass you have to get at the roots. Dig them up as well. Other countries are learning from the Chinese experience.
The USA does not tolerate foreign intervention in their internal affairs, for example the accusation that Russia interfered in the 2016 US presidential election. Why should other countries tolerate USA intervention into their domestic affairs by USA funded NGOs masquerading as aid agencies and human rights watchdog. Countries are waking up.
Countries that have lately turn the tables by recognising China and dumping Taiwan like the Solomon Island and Equatorial Guinea will of course face trouble. That is again the modus operandi of the USA. The USA talks so much about countries having the right to choose their affiliation in the conflict in Eastern Europe, but does not walk the talk when it comes to other countries making their choice freely. Even allies like Germany are not spared.
The USA, long known to be funding fake NGOs for the purpose of inciting unrest, which has so much focus on human rights, have now focused their attention on ASEAN, after doing much harm to the Middle East, with 'Arab Spring' coming to mind.