‘Extremely heinous’: Myanmar hands over 10 leading cyber scam suspects to China
- Alleged ringleaders of telecoms crime rings are extradited from Southeast Asian country to China
- Beijing calls the move a ‘historic and significant’ moment in sweeping crackdown against ‘arrogant overseas fraud syndicates’
They were extradited to China on Tuesday and include six accused ringleaders of cybercrime gangs and four others who are considered “major criminal suspects”, according to the Chinese Ministry of Public Security.
The suspects include Bai Suocheng, former chairman of northern Myanmar’s Kokang self-administered zone, and his son and daughter. Members of two other alleged crime families – the Wei and Liu families – and Xu Laofa, who is accused of leading another fraud gang, were also extradited, the ministry said on Tuesday.
The ministry said the criminal enterprises “vigorously organised and established fraudulent hideouts, openly armed themselves to protect the fraud activities, and relentlessly carried out telecommunications network fraud crimes against Chinese citizens”.
They are accused of “extremely heinous” crimes, including intentional murder, intentional injury and illegal detention, it said.
