Overview
- The Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court announced the executions of four people tied to Kokang-based scam and gambling networks accused of defrauding more than 29 billion yuan and causing six deaths.
- Defendants included members of the Bai family who operated industrial parks that authorities say enabled kidnappings, extortion, forced prostitution, and drug trafficking; appeals were dismissed by the Guangdong High People’s Court.
- One convicted leader, Bai Suocheng, died of illness after sentencing, the court said.
- The new actions follow last week’s executions of 11 ringleaders linked to the Ming family and associate Wu Hongming after Wenzhou court rulings that cited roughly 10 billion yuan in fraud and 14 deaths.
- Chinese authorities frame the cases as part of a regional crackdown involving arrests, extraditions, and large-scale repatriations targeting scam compounds that use coerced or trafficked labor for online fraud, romance schemes, and illegal gambling.