China sentences 3 people to death for running brutal scam centers in Myanmar
- On Tuesday, the Quanzhou Intermediate People's Court sentenced Wei Huairen, Chen Dawei, and Liao Jingfang to death for their involvement in the "Wei family criminal gang" operating brutal scam centers in Myanmar's Kokang region.
- State broadcaster CCTV described the group as the "most violent criminal force in northern Myanmar," having created an "iron triangle of political, military, and business criminal activities" through 14 large-scale scam compounds that netted more than $1.8 billion.
- Luring "large numbers" of Chinese nationals through fake promises of high wages, the gang left victims bound with iron chains and bullet holes in their skulls, crimes including murder, drug trafficking, and prostitution.
- Beyond the death sentences, three other gang members received life sentences, while 55 others were given prison terms ranging from 24 years to three years and three months, the court said.
- China has stepped up cooperation with Southeast Asian nations to crack down on these networks, following earlier executions of members from the "Ming family criminal gang" in January and the Bai clan the following month.
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The Independent (US)China sentences three people to death over Myanmar scam centres
Court sentences three others to life in prison and awards smaller sentences to 55 others
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwon Sook-hee = A Chinese court has... three key figures of a scam organization that operated a fraud complex in Myanmar and committed various serious crimes including murder and fraud...
On 13 October, the Chinese judiciary sentenced three members of a powerful gang to capital punishment for large-scale cyber-fraud, drug trafficking, prostitution and homicide in the Kokang region of China's border. These harsh penalties are part of a high-profile campaign in China against these border networks, which are particularly damaging to Chinese citizens.
3 Sentenced to Die for Running Violent Cyberscam Compounds
China has delivered one of its harshest flows yet against the region's booming cyberscam industry. CBS News reports that a court in Quanzhou has sentenced three members of the "Wei family criminal gang" to death for running violent scam compounds in Myanmar's Kokang region, a lawless border area that's become...
A Chinese court has sentenced three members of the Wei mafia gang to death for running a scamming center in Myanmar, defrauding, torturing, and murdering victims, including Chinese nationals.
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