"The group had established industrial parks in Myanmar's Kokang region bordering China, from where they allegedly ran gambling and telecom scam operations involving abductions, extortion, forced prostitution, and drug manufacturing and trafficking. They defrauded victims of more than 29 billion yuan ($4.2bn) and caused the deaths of six Chinese citizens and injuries to others, the court said. The defendants appealed the verdict, but the Guangdong Provincial High People's Court dismissed their applications, it added."
"The executions are part of a broader crackdown by Beijing on scam operations in Southeast Asia, where scam parks have become an industrial-scale business, especially in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos. A mix of trafficked and willing labour has carried out digital scams on victims around the world, including thousands of Chinese citizens. Authorities in the region face growing international"
China executed four defendants judged responsible for causing six Chinese citizens' deaths and for operating scam and gambling centres based in Myanmar that generated over $4 billion. The Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court announced the executions after appeals were rejected by the Guangdong Provincial High People's Court. Earlier executions for 11 other convicted operators had been announced. The groups established industrial parks in Myanmar's Kokang region and ran gambling, telecom scam, abduction, extortion, forced prostitution, and drug manufacturing and trafficking operations. Authorities describe the crimes as exceptionally heinous and damaging to public safety. Beijing is intensifying a regional crackdown on industrial-scale scam parks across Southeast Asia.
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