{"id":2937,"date":"2025-09-29T13:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/?p=2937"},"modified":"2025-09-29T13:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:12:18","slug":"china-sentences-16-myanmar-linked-gang-members-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/2025\/09\/29\/china-sentences-16-myanmar-linked-gang-members-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"China sentences 16 Myanmar-linked gang members to death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>China sentences 16 Myanmar-linked gang members to death<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-134.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-134.png 1000w, https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-134-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-134-768x559.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar&#8217;s lawless borderlands, staffed by foreigners &#8212; many of them Chinese \u2014 who say they were trafficked and forced to swindle people online, part of a multibillion-dollar illicit industry. \u2014 Reuters pic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BEIJING, Sept 29 \u2014 A Chinese court sentenced to death today 16 members of a family-run criminal gang that established deadly scam centres in Myanmar\u2019s Kokang region on the border with China, among other crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar\u2019s lawless borderlands, staffed by foreigners\u2014many of them Chinese\u2014who say they were trafficked and forced to swindle people online, part of a multibillion-dollar illicit industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beijing has stepped up cooperation with Southeast Asian nations in recent months to crack down on the compounds, and thousands of people have been repatriated to China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wenzhou Intermediate People\u2019s Court said today that a family-run criminal organisation had engaged in cyber fraud, drug trafficking, organising prostitution, setting up casinos, and other crimes from 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court said the group had killed 14 people, including 10 involved in fraud who had tried to escape from the group or disobeyed its management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It cited one incident in October 2023, when the accused \u201copened fire\u201d on people at a scam compound to prevent them from being transferred back to China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group\u2019s criminal activities helped them make more than 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion), the court said in a statement posted on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five of those sentenced to death were granted a two-year reprieve, while another 23 suspects were given prison sentences ranging from five years to life. \u2014 AFP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China sentences 16 Myanmar-linked gang members to death Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar&#8217;s lawless borderlands, staffed by foreigners &#8212; many of them Chinese \u2014 who say they were trafficked and forced to swindle people online, part of a multibillion-dollar illicit industry. \u2014 Reuters pic BEIJING, Sept 29 \u2014 A Chinese court sentenced to death [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1,10,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news","category-local-news","category-news","category-science-it-ai-military-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2939,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions\/2939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}