China sentences 11 members of Ming mafia family to death

A Chinese court was sentenced to death 11 members of a notorious family that was running fraud in Myanmar, according to the Chinese government media.

Dozens of Ming family were convicted of criminal activities, as many receive prolonged prison sentences.

The Ming family worked in one of the four clans that managed the sleeper town of Lukkai in Myanmar, close to the border with China, and turned it into a center for gambling, drugs and fraud centers.

Ultimately, Myanmar arrested many members of these families in 2023 and handed them over to the Chinese authorities.

A total of 39 members of the Ming family were sentenced to Monday in the eastern city of Winchu, according to a report issued by the Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.

Besides the 11 members who received the death penalty, five others received the death penalty with a two -year suspension; 11 imprisoned for life. The rest were given prison penalties ranging from five to 24 years.

The court found that since 2015, the Ming family and other criminal groups participated in criminal activities, including fraud in communications, illegal casinos, drug trafficking, and prostitution.

Gambling and fraud activities have established more than 10 billion yuan ($ 1.4 billion; 1 billion pounds), according to the court.

Others previously estimated that the Casinoes of each of the four families were treating several billion dollars every year.

The court also found that the Ming family and other criminal groups were responsible for the death of many fraud center workers, including the shooting of workers in one incident to prevent them from returning to China.

Initially developed to take advantage of the Chinese demand for gambling, which is illegal in China and many other neighboring countries, Laukkaing Casinos have evolved into a profitable front for money laundering, trafficking, and dozens of fraud centers.

It was seen as a engine room for what the United Nations called “Scamdemeic”, which witnessed more than 100,000 foreign citizens, many of whom are Chinese, and they are lured to fraud centers where they are actually imprisoned and forced to work for long hours, and to operate advanced online fraud that targets victims all over the world.

The Ming family was one of the strongest stronger in the state of Shan in Myanmar, and Loki’s fraud centers that held at least 10,000 workers. The most famous was the compound known as Crouring Tiger Villa, as workers were routinely beaten and tortured.

Then, two years ago, an alliance of rebel groups launched an attack that led the Myanmar army out of large areas of Shan State, and took control of Loki. It is assumed that China, which has a major impact on these groups, has given a green attack.

According to the killing of Ming Xuechang, the Patriarch of the Family; Other family members were handed over to the Chinese authorities. Some have made confessions of remorse.

Thousands of those working in fraud centers have also been delivered to the Chinese police.

With these sentences, China indicates its determination to deal harshly with fraud on its borders. It also forced pressure from Beijing Thailand to take action against fraud centers along its border with Myanmar earlier this year.

Nevertheless, the job adapted, as much of it now works in Cambodia, although it is still prevalent in Myanmar.