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China sentences infamous Myanmar scam mafia members to death (www.bbc.com)

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A Chinese court has sentenced five top members of an infamous Myanmar mafia to death as Beijing continues its crackdown on scam operations in South East Asia.

In all 21 Bai family members and associates were convicted of fraud, homicide, injury and other crimes, said a state media report published on the court website.

The family is among a handful of mafias that rose to power in the 2000s and transformed the impoverished backwater town of Laukkaing into a lucrative hub of casinos and red-light districts.

In recent years they pivoted to scams in which thousands of trafficked workers, many of them Chinese, are trapped, abused and forced to defraud others in criminal operations worth billions.

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm generally against death penalty but this is great news. Chinese syndicates in the region are some of the worst people on earth right now and I say this as someone who's currently based in Thailand and have been paying attention to the scam center issue for years now.

Seems like whatever protection they had within CCP is crumbling due to critical mass reaching the news lately and mostly thanks to strong exposure here by western journalists and pressure from SEA governments. Even CCP could not tolerate this and hopefully this means the end of this truly despicable source of human suffering.

There's also been some rumors that CCP is directly involved with this as a policy to harm the west and weaken the SEA region which make sense, especially given the authoritarian nature but AFAIK there is no strong evidence here and it might have gotten too high profile either way so it's very possible that these centers will be defeated soon.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

While I'm not generally in favor of capital punishment, I'm prepared to let this one slide.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Agreed, the cruelty and brutallity of these organizations is something else entirely and this sends a clear message that you will die if you go here. If anyone deserves a death penalty it's these guys.

[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago

At the same time I can't help but think life in a dirty Chinese prison would have been a worst punishment.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wasn’t it just the other day that the China apologists were trying to convince us they’re abolishing the death penalty imminently?

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Death penalty is entirely up to Supreme People's Court and has been since CCP took over. It basically means the authoritarians decide which cases are death worthy. But it's truethere have been some "reforms" that reduced what is death worthy and try to legitimize the system. Either way, all of that is moot in an authoritarian system and it's silly to pretend otherwise.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fraud, homicide, human trafficking, torture. Wow.

Eta: so I recently questioned reprieve, which means suspension for two years if the same crime is not repeated in the two years' reprieve window. I think prison still applies.

I wonder if other death penalty states have something similar? I know in the US appeals are used, but it's not the same thing, and execution is usually the end result.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Yes I think Vietnam recently used something similar but AFAIK reprieve here leads to commuted sentence if no crimes are commited not like "you got 2 years now you die" more like "you got 2 years and didn't do major shit so instead serving 20 instead of dying".