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China executed 11 people convicted of deliberate murder, fraud and other crimes linked to a cross-border scam operation, officials said Thursday, after the country’s top court approved their death sentences.
The announcement was published on the webiste of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, China’s highest state institution responsible for criminal prosecution and surveillance.
The executions followed a verdict and execution order by the Supreme People’s Court, which upheld a lower court ruling against members of the so-called Ming Family criminal group.
He was accused of running a massive telecommunications fraud and gambling operation from northern Myanmar that involved more than 10 billion yuan, about $1.4 billion.
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Myanmar police hand 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 operate telecommunications fraud schemes, illegal casinos, drug trafficking and prostitution operations.
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“The Ming family criminal group also colluded with the online fraud criminal group of Wu Hongming and others to deliberately kill, intentionally injure, and illegally detain people involved in fraud, resulting in the death of 14 Chinese citizens and the injury of many others,” the Supreme People’s Procuratorate said.
Victims of scam centers who were defrauded or trafficked to work in Myanmar wait inside 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 Youbin were among those sentenced to death by Wenzhou Intermediate People’s Court in Zhejiang province in September.
Zaw Min Tun Sy, leader of the information team of Myanmar’s National Defense and Security Council, speaks at a press conference on the eradication of telecommunications fraud and online gambling in Yangon, Myanmar, on December 14, 2025. (Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Some defendants appealed, but on November 25, the Zhejiang Higher People’s Court rejected the appeal, upheld the original verdict and referred the case to the Supreme People’s Court for mandatory review.
Officials said the prisoners were allowed to meet with close relatives before their execution.
