Thousands of Chinese lured abroad and forced to be scammers - now Beijing is cracking down

Thousands of Chinese lured abroad and forced to be scammers - now Beijing is cracking down

Myanmar's scam clans are being brought to justice in the full glare of Chinese state TV.

837 Malaysians detained abroad for alleged online fraud

Of these, 765 are Chinese, 34 Malays, 33 Indians, and five others from different ethnic groups.

Thousands of Chinese lured abroad and forced to be scammers – now Beijing is cracking down

“Should I feel anything?” asks the beady-eyed man, sitting in a padded cell with handcuffs around his wrists. He’s being grilled by Chinese investigators about the time he allegedly ordered a stranger to be killed – a human offering to celebrate his sworn brotherhood with a business partner. “Wasn’t he a living, breathing person?” an investigator asks. “I didn’t feel much,” the man maintains. The scene may sound like it came straight out of a cr…