China executed 11 people for cross-border scam operation targeting Chinese citizens
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China executed 11 people convicted of premeditated murder, fraud and other crimes linked to a cross-border fraud operation after the country’s top court upheld their death sentences, officials said Thursday.
The announcement was published on the website of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, China’s highest state body responsible for criminal prosecution and supervision.
The executions followed a ruling and execution order by the Supreme People’s Court upholding lower court decisions against members of the criminal group called the Ming family.
They were accused of running large-scale telecommunications fraud and gambling operations in northern Myanmar involving more than 10 billion yuan (about $1.4 billion).
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Myanmar police handed over five telecom and internet fraud suspects to Chinese police at Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, on August 26, 2023. (Chinese Embassy in Myanmar/Xinhua via AP)
Authorities said the group colluded with criminal organizations led by “financial backers” to run telecom fraud schemes, illegal casinos, drug trafficking and prostitution operations.
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The Supreme People’s Procuratorate said, “The Ming family criminal group also colluded with the online fraud criminal group of Wu Hongming and others to deliberately kill, deliberately injure, and illegally detain people involved in the fraud, resulting in the death of 14 Chinese citizens and the injury of many others.” he said.
Victims of fraud centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar wait at a compound in KK Park in Myawaddy, Myanmar, on February 26, 2025, following a multinational crackdown on criminal operations. (Stringer/Reuters)
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Ming Guoping, Ming Zhenzhen, Zhou Weichang, Wu Hongming, Wu Senlong and Fu Yubin were among those sentenced to death by the Wenzhou Intermediate People’s Court of Zhejiang Province in September.
Zaw Min Tun C, Myanmar National Defense and Security Council Information Team leader, speaks at a press conference on eliminating telecom fraud and online gambling on December 14, 2025 in Yangon, Myanmar. (Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Some of the defendants appealed, but the Zhejiang Supreme People’s Court rejected the appeal on November 25, upheld the original verdict, and sent the case to the Supreme People’s Court for compulsory review.
Prisoners were allowed to meet with close relatives before executions were carried out, officials said.
