US EditionChina executes 11 members of Myanmar scam mafia: State media
The Ming family’s scam empire generated over $1.4 billion and caused 14 Chinese deaths, prompting China’s crackdown and executions after cross-border arrests in 2023.
- 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 Ming family was one of the so-called “four families” in northern Myanmar, where they operated from various centers that they themselves built through influence and the use of armed forces.The Ming family, mainly dedicated to Internet scams, was led by Ming Xuechang, who in 2023 took his life during his arrest.That death was the beginning of the fall of the empire even when members expanded to Thailand, Cambodia and Laos, where China has much…
China executes 11 members of Myanmar mafia
Eleven members of a mafia family have been executed in China for carrying out a series of killings and running a highly-lucrative crime syndicate. The members of the Ming family were accused of running scam compounds in the lawless border area between Myanmar and China.
China Executes 11 Members Of Myanmar Scam Syndicate
China has carried out the execution of 11 members of the infamous Ming family. A clan once synonymous with scam empires along the China-Myanmar border.The move, reported by state media, closes the chapter on one of the region’s most notorious criminal dynasties. But it also raises an uncomfortable question: how did this happen in plain sight for so long?For years, the Ming family ruled Laukkaing, a dusty Myanmar border town they turned into a ne…
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