China News Service, January 30. According to the website of the Ministry of Public Security, in response to the current severe situation of telecommunications network fraud crimes involving China in northern Myanmar, the Ministry of Public Security continues to strengthen international police cooperation with Myanmar law enforcement agencies. On January 30, the Myanmar police reported to the police in accordance with the law. Our public security organs handed over six important leaders of the Kokang electronic fraud criminal group in northern Myanmar, including Bai Suocheng, Bai Yingcang, Wei Huairen, Liu Zhengxiang, Liu Zhengmao, and Xu Laofa, and four other major criminal suspects. That night, as a Chinese civil aviation charter flight landed at Changshui Airport in Kunming, Yunnan, the 10 major criminal suspects handed over by Myanmar were successfully escorted back to the country by our public security organs. This operation is another landmark achievement achieved by China and Myanmar in their international police law enforcement cooperation. It fully demonstrates the firm determination and strong will of the two countries to jointly combat transnational telecommunications network fraud crimes and work together to maintain security and stability.
For a long time, multiple criminal groups in the Kokang Autonomous Region in northern Myanmar, led by Bai Suocheng, Wei Huairen, Liu Zhengxiang, Xu Laofa, etc., have organized and opened fraud dens, openly armed fraud, and carried out crazy telecommunications and network fraud crimes against Chinese citizens. The amount was huge, and he was also suspected of multiple serious violent crimes such as intentional homicide, intentional injury, and illegal detention. The criminal circumstances were extremely abominable, the harm to society was extremely serious, and the people were deeply disgusted. On the basis of grasping the relevant criminal facts and evidence, on December 10, 2023, our public security organs issued a public reward for 10 important leaders of the telecom network fraud criminal group in the Kokang Autonomous Region in northern Myanmar, including Bai Suocheng. With the strong support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar, the Ministry of Public Security sent a working group to Myanmar to carry out international police law enforcement cooperation. The working group held multiple rounds of talks and consultations with the Myanmar side to jointly combat telecommunications and network fraud crimes, arrest and hand them over with all-out efforts. Important leaders of telecommunications network fraud groups and others reached a consensus. Subsequently, the Myanmar police successively arrested six criminal suspects, Bai Suocheng, Bai Yingcang, Wei Huairen, Liu Zhengxiang, Liu Zhengmao, and Xu Laofa, who were publicly wanted by our public security organs. Four criminal suspects, Bai Yinglan, Wei Rong, Wei Qingsong, and Liu Jiguang, were at large. . On January 30, the Myanmar police decided to hand over to us the above-mentioned 6 criminal suspects and 4 other major criminal suspects who were notified to them by our public security organs in the early stage. On the same day, the Ministry of Public Security organized police from the Yunnan Public Security Bureau to go to Myanmar to perform a charter flight escort mission and successfully escorted the relevant criminal suspects back to the country.
The relevant person in charge of the public security agency stated that in order to resolutely and completely eradicate the "cancer" of telecommunications and Internet fraud crimes involving China in northern Myanmar, the Ministry of Public Security and the Myanmar police continue to carry out law enforcement and security cooperation, and the Yunnan Public Security Bureau continues to deepen border police enforcement with relevant local law enforcement departments in Myanmar. Through cooperation and continuous crackdowns in the early stage, so far, 44,000 suspects of telecommunications and network fraud in northern Myanmar have been handed over to us, including 171 "financiers", organizational leaders and backbones behind the scenes, and 2,908 online fugitives. , effectively cracked down on the arrogance of overseas fraud groups, and the crackdown achieved historically significant results. The public security organs will always maintain a high-pressure posture to crack down on such crimes, continue to deepen international law enforcement cooperation, continue to arrest important leaders of telecommunications and network fraud criminal groups, promote special crackdowns in depth, resolutely safeguard the safety of people's lives and property, and effectively maintain border security and stability.