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A Chinese judicial body has sentenced several leading members of a well-known Myanmar organized crime group to execution as Beijing persists in its crackdown on fraudulent networks in South East Asia.

Overall, 21 clan members and associates were sentenced of scams, murder, assault and various offenses, said a official document posted on the judicial website.

The family is one of a handful of syndicates that became dominant in the 2000s and transformed the poor remote area of Laukkaing into a profitable center of casinos and red-light districts.

In recent years they shifted to scams in which many of illegally moved individuals, several of them Chinese, are caught, harmed and forced to cheat victims in unlawful enterprises worth billions of dollars.

Information of the Judgment

Mafia boss Bai Suocheng and his son Bai Yingcang were included in the several figures condemned to execution by the judicial body. Another individual, Hu Xiaojiang and A fourth person were the other three convicted.

A couple of members of the Bai family mafia were handed delayed executions. Several were condemned to life in prison, while additional individuals were handed jail sentences between three to 20 years.

The Bais, who commanded their own armed group, established 41 bases to host their digital scam operations and gambling houses, officials stated.

Magnitude of Criminal Operations

These illegal enterprises involved exceeding 29 billion Chinese yuan ($4.1bn; £3.1 billion). They also resulted in the deaths of six Chinese individuals, the self-inflicted death of one and numerous injuries, state media announced.

The severe penalties handed down by the judicial body are within China's campaign to eliminate the vast fraud rings in the region - and send a stern signal to further unlawful groups.

History of the Clans

These groups rose to power in the 2000s with the support of a prominent figure - who now leads the country's regime. He had aimed to bolster allies in the town after removing its former warlord.

Within the families, the this family were "the most powerful", the son previously informed state media.

"At that time, our Bai family was the most powerful in both the political and armed arenas," the individual said in a documentary about the clan, shown on national media in July.

During the report, a employee at one of their scam centres recalled the mistreatment he had experienced there: besides being hit, he had his nails removed with instruments and two of his fingers cut off with a tool.

Additional Allegations

The son is among those who were sentenced to execution this week. The individual has also been separately convicted of organizing to smuggle and produce eleven tons of illegal drugs, state media announced.

End of the Families

Their downfall happened in last year as political winds shifted.

Previously Beijing has pressed the Myanmar junta to control scam operations in Laukkaing.

Recently, the law enforcement announced legal actions for the most prominent members of such groups.

Bai Suocheng, the Bai family's leader, was among the individuals who were handed to Beijing from Myanmar in early 2024.

"Why is the authorities putting significant resources to go after the clans?" a expert stated in the summer documentary.

This serves as a warning groups, regardless of your identity, your base, when you engage in these terrible offenses against the citizens, you will be held accountable."