China has executed 11 people linked to notorious online scam centres in Myanmar, as it intensifies its crackdown on frauds targeting its citizens. Another 23 suspects were given prison sentences ranging from five years to life.
Chinese state media reported that the crimes of those executed included “intentional homicide, intentional injury, unlawful detention, fraud and casino establishment”.
Beijing has vowed to pursue criminal networks operating in the Golden Triangle (Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos) that prey on Chinese nationals.
Among the executed were members of the “Ming family criminal group”, whose activities had contributed to the deaths of 14 Chinese citizens and injuries to “many others”. The Ming Family was a powerful and notorious mafia-like crime syndicate based in northern Myanmar. Historically one of the “four families” that controlled the region’s economy and local government, they were central figures in a multi-billion dollar criminal empire.
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