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One Chinese judicial body has condemned a group of prominent members of a well-known Myanmar mafia to execution as Chinese authorities continues its crackdown on scam networks in South East Asia.

In all, 21 clan figures and partners were sentenced of scams, homicide, assault and additional crimes, said a state media announcement released on the judicial website.

This clan is among a small number of syndicates that became dominant in the 2000s and changed the impoverished backwater town of the town into a wealthy base of casinos and red-light districts.

In recent years they shifted to scams in which many of smuggled workers, several of them from China, are trapped, abused and obligated to cheat others in unlawful enterprises worth billions.

Specifics of the Judgment

Mafia head the patriarch and his heir the younger Bai were among the several figures given to capital punishment by the court in Shenzhen. Yang Liqiang, Hu Xiaojiang and A fourth person were the additional punished.

A couple of members of the clan mafia were received conditional death penalties. Several were sentenced to life imprisonment, while more figures were given jail terms between three to 20 years.

The clan, who controlled their own private army, created forty-one bases to house their cyberscam operations and betting establishments, government stated.

Extent of Unlawful Activities

Such criminal activities entailed exceeding 29bn yuan ($4.1 billion; £3.1 billion). These activities also caused the fatalities of several from China citizens, the self-inflicted death of an individual and several harm, state media stated.

The harsh penalties handed down by the judicial body are part of the Chinese effort to eliminate the extensive fraud networks in South East Asia - and issue a firm signal to additional criminal groups.

Background of the Clans

These families became dominant in the 2000s with the assistance of Min Aung Hlaing - who currently heads Myanmar's junta. He had wanted to bolster partners in the town after replacing its previous ruler.

Within the groups, the this family were "the top", the son earlier stated to state media.

During that period, our Bai family was the dominant in both the political and armed arenas," the individual said in a report about the Bai family, broadcast on national media in the summer.

In the same documentary, a employee at a fraud facilities described the harm he had endured there: besides being hit, he had his fingernails extracted with instruments and two of his fingers severed with a kitchen knife.

Further Charges

Bai Yingcang is included in those who were given to death in the latest ruling. The individual has also been independently convicted of organizing to traffic and manufacture 11 tonnes of methamphetamine, official sources reported.

Downfall of the Groups

Their downfall occurred in recent times as situations shifted.

For years Chinese authorities has pressed the regime to rein in scam operations in Laukkaing.

Recently, the law enforcement issued arrest warrants for the most prominent individuals of such families.

The patriarch, the clan's head, was among the individuals who were handed to Beijing from Myanmar in early 2024.

"Why is the state making such extensive work to pursue the groups?" a expert said in the July documentary.

"It's to warn individuals, no matter who you are, your base, as long as you carry out these serious acts affecting the nationals, you will pay the price."