00:01A Chinese court has sentenced three members of a notorious criminal gang to death for
00:07running scam centers in Myanmar's Koukang region, near the Chinese border, while jailing
00:12fifty-eight others.
00:14The Quanzhou Intermediate People's Court said on Tuesday that Wei Huayren, Chen Baowei,
00:20and Liao Jingfeng were sentenced to death for their roles in the Wei family criminal
00:24gang, which was involved in telecommunications fraud, drug trafficking, illegal gambling,
00:30prostitution, and the murder of at least two Chinese citizens.
00:35Wei, one of the gang's leaders, was convicted of multiple offenses, including murder.
00:41The court said the gang's operations netted more than 12.2 billion yuan, or approximately
00:477.4 billion ringgit.
00:49Three other members were sentenced to life imprisonment, while 55 received jail terms
00:55ranging from 24 years to 3 years and 3 months.
00:59The sentences come as China intensifies its crackdown on scam networks across Southeast
01:05Asia, where victims have lost billions of dollars to online fraud.
01:10Scam centers often rely on trafficked foreign nationals, many of them Chinese, who are lured
01:16with job offers, and held in prison-like compounds to carry out fraud.
01:21Members of the Wei family were indicted in October 2025.
01:26China executed 11 people linked to the Ming family criminal gang in January, and four members
01:32of the Bai clan the following month for crimes including fraud, murder, kidnapping, and extortion.
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