US EditionChina executes 11 members of Myanmar scam mafia: State media
- China's state media reported on January 29, 2026 that the Wenzhou city Intermediate People's Court executed 11 people tied to scam centres in Myanmar.
- After detentions in 2023, Myanmar authorities handed suspects to China amid Beijing's pressure, with the Ming family running Laukkaing's scam centres generating more than 10bn yuan between 2015 and 2023.
- Court records show the Ming family’s crimes caused 14 Chinese deaths and included homicide, unlawful detention, fraud, and casino establishment; their September sentencing was appealed but upheld by the Supreme People's Court, Beijing.
- Wenzhou's court announced executions of 11 suspects on January 29; five defendants received two-year-reprieve death sentences and 23 others got prison terms amid thousands repatriated in recent years.
- Operating at industrial scale, the scam industry in Myanmar employs 120,000 people, with recent extraditions including Chen Zhi showing intensified regional efforts against networks.
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The executions were carried out by a court in the city of Wenzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province, after approval from the Supreme People's Court in Beijing.
China has executed 11 members of the Ming family, who were accused of running a network of fraudulent scam centers in Myanmar, Xinhua news agency reported.
China executed 11 people linked to a Myanmar-based criminal gang involved in online fraud centers on Tuesday, including senior members of the gang active in the telecommunications sector, Chinese media reported.
On Thursday, Chinese authorities executed 11 members of a criminal gang responsible for controlling scam centres in Burma territory, after they were sentenced to death in September 2025 on charges against them, including murder, illegal detention and fraud. Executions took place early in the day in the city of Wenzhou, located in Zheijaing Province (east), after the approval of the Supreme People’s Court, according to Chinese news agency Xinhua.
China has executed 11 members of a notorious mafia family that operated fraud call centers along Myanmar's northeastern border, state media reported. The Ming family was one of several clans that controlled the town of Laukkaing, transforming it from a poor and neglected place into a glittering hub of casinos and red-light districts.
The clan's activities ranged from fraud centers to illegal casino operations to drug dealing, but they did not shy away from murder either.
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