US EditionChina Issues Death Sentences to 5 Members of Myanmar Gang Linked to Scam Centres
Five leaders of a Myanmar crime syndicate were sentenced to death for telecom fraud and other crimes causing six Chinese deaths, part of China’s crackdown on scam networks.
- On November 4, 2025, the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court sentenced five members, including Kokang crime boss Bai Suocheng and his son Bai Yingcang, to death.
- Xinhua reported the group ran industrial-scale telecom fraud and gambling operations under armed protection involving more than 29 billion Chinese yuan, causing deaths of six Chinese citizens and one suicide.
- Authorities found the syndicate had built 41 compounds in Kokang to house scams and casinos, and escaped workers described brutal abuse including severed fingers, while Beijing repatriated thousands via Mae Sot crossings in recent months.
- The Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court also handed varied sentences to 21 Bai family members and associates, including two death sentences with two-year reprieves, as part of China's campaign to eradicate scam networks.
- U.N. officials warn the industry has spread globally, with Beijing pressing Myanmar junta to curb scams in Laukkaing and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul saying `Nearly 500 Indians are at Mae Sot` after KK Park raids.
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Seven members of a criminal group were accused of running dozens of crime centres on the border with Burma. Five of them were found guilty and sentenced to death.
The actions of those sentenced to death on Tuesday caused "the death of six Chinese nationals, the suicide of another Chinese national and injuries to several others", according to "New China".
China issues death sentences to 5 members of Myanmar criminal gang
China sentenced five people to death on Tuesday for their involvement in a violent criminal gang with fraud operations in Myanmar’s Kokang region along the border, state media reported. Members of a violent criminal gang running scam operations in Myanmar face trial in a court in Shenzhen, China, on November 4, 2025. Photo: Screenshot, via CCTV. Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar’s lawless borderlands, staffed by foreigners — many of them…
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