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China hands death sentences to 3 Myanmar scam gang leaders
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A Chinese court has sentenced three leading members of a Myanmar scam gang to death over crimes including murder, telecommunications fraud and illegal gambling, with 58 other defendants receiving prison sentences.
Key facts
- A Chinese court has sentenced three leading members of a Myanmar scam gang to death over crimes including murder, telecommunications fraud and illegal gambling, with 58 other defendants receiving prison sentences.
- The rulings were delivered on Tuesday, October 13, by the Quanzhou Intermediate People’s Court and Nan’an People’s Court in China’s southeastern Fujian province, according to state news agency Xinhua.
- From 2019, the network carried out telecommunications fraud, illegal gambling, extortion, organised prostitution, drug trafficking and unlawful border crossings.
- Three other defendants received life imprisonment, while the remaining 55 were sentenced to prison terms ranging from three years and three months to 24 years.
Summary
The rulings were delivered on Tuesday, October 13, by the Quanzhou Intermediate People’s Court and Nan’an People’s Court in China’s southeastern Fujian province, according to state news agency Xinhua.
The three defendants sentenced to death were identified as Wei Huairen, Chen Dawei and Liao Jingfang, members of a criminal network associated with the influential Wei family in Myanmar’s Kokang region.