In response to the recent frequent telecommunications network fraud crimes in northern Myanmar, China and Myanmar have worked closely together and made major breakthroughs.
On January 30, Myanmar and China joined forces to successfully repatriate 10 major criminal suspects, including Bai Suocheng, Bai Yingcang, Wei Huairen, Liu Zhengxiang, Liu Zhengmao, and Xu Laofa. This marks the substantial results of the cooperation between the two countries in combating transnational telecommunications network fraud.
These suspects are suspected of committing extremely heinous criminal acts, not only committing telecommunications fraud against Chinese citizens, but also suspected of a number of serious crimes such as intentional homicide, injury and illegal detention, which have caused great harm to society.
After having conclusive evidence, China's public security organs issued a public reward for the above-mentioned suspects on December 10, 2023. With the support of the Ministry of Public Security and the Embassy in Myanmar, the Ministry of Public Security sent a working group to Myanmar to carry out in-depth cooperation with the local government. After several rounds of negotiations, the two sides decided to strengthen joint law enforcement and make every effort to pursue and hand over the ringleader of the telecom fraud syndicate.
Myanmar** succeeded in apprehending six publicly wanted suspects and four others are at large in subsequent operations. By January 30, the Myanmar side decided to hand over the six arrested suspects and four other important suspects to China for processing.
On the same day, China's public security organs quickly organized forces and successfully chartered 10 suspects to bring back from Myanmar.
In order to completely eliminate the "cancer" of telecom fraud in northern Myanmar, China's Ministry of Public Security and Myanmar will continue to deepen law enforcement cooperation. At the same time, Yunnan** has also strengthened border police cooperation with relevant local law enforcement departments in Myanmar, and has continuously increased the crackdown on overseas fraud groups.
Currently, there are 440,000 suspects of telecommunications network fraud in northern Myanmar have been handed over to our side for handling, including 171 behind-the-scenes "financiers", organization leaders and key members, and 2,908 online fugitives. This figure fully demonstrates the determination and achievements of China and Myanmar to jointly crack down on telecom fraud.
The public security organs said that they will always maintain a high-pressure posture against such crimes, strengthen international law enforcement cooperation, and resolutely safeguard the safety of people's lives and property and the security and stability of border areas.
The frequent occurrence of telecommunications network fraud in Myanmar has profoundly affected everyone, and these criminals have used modern scientific and technological means to plunder innocent people with false information and fraud, causing serious social harm. We must deeply reflect on this kind of behavior, condemn it sternly, and call on the whole society to resist this kind of moral and degrading behavior.
First of all, the crime of fraud in Myanmar is a serious challenge to the basic moral bottom line of mankind. Fraudsters take advantage of people's kindness and compassion and create various fake scenarios to trick victims into falling for them. This kind of behavior not only violates the property rights of the victims, but also seriously hurts their feelings and trust. Human societies need mutual care and trust, and this fraud is a serious undermining of this fundamental value.
Second, the crime of fraud in Myanmar is a serious provocation to law and order. Fraudsters ignore laws and regulations and wantonly infringe on the rights and interests of others. Such acts seriously undermine the normal order of society and undermine the dignity and authority of the law. A healthy society needs the protection and maintenance of the law, and any violation of the law and disruption of order should be severely condemned and punished.
Finally, the crime of fraud in Myanmar is a serious challenge to international relations. Such transnational criminal acts not only affect the social stability of the victim's country, but also have a negative impact on international relations. All countries should strengthen cooperation to jointly combat such transnational crimes and maintain peace and stability in the international community.
We strongly condemn any form of criminal fraud in Myanmar. We call on the whole society to jointly resist such immoral behavior, strengthen self-prevention awareness, and increase vigilance. At the same time, the first and relevant institutions should also strengthen supervision and crackdown, and maintain the normal order of society and the legitimate rights and interests of the people. Let us work together to build an honest, harmonious and safe society!