China issues most wanted list in latest bid to clamp down on Myanmar’s sprawling cybercrime industry
- Police wanted list of 10 accused ringleaders includes businesspeople and a former politician from Myanmar’s notorious Kokang area
- List is Beijing’s latest move to ramp up pressure on Myanmar’s junta to crack down on the country’s massive cybercrime industry
Police in China have issued a most wanted list for 10 alleged ringleaders of telecoms and online fraud gangs that includes businesspeople and a former politician.
The gangs were suspected of violent crimes including intentional homicide, intentional injury and unlawful detention, according to the ministry.
Three of the people on the list are members of the Bai family, reported by Chinese media to be one of Kokang’s “four big families”, who are wanted by authorities in the northeastern province of Liaoning. The head of the family, 74-year-old Bai Suocheng, a former leader of the Kokang region, is wanted along with his son and daughter.
Other wanted individuals belonged to the Wei and Liu families – both known crime families according to the police – who were wanted by authorities in the southeastern province of Fujian.
Police in the southwestern city of Chongqing were looking for another individual, Xu Laofa, who was believed to be leading another scam ring.