China executes four more in pig butchering scam crackdown

Despite five facing the death penalty, only four were executed as Bai Suocheng, the family’s patriarch, died of illness after his conviction.

Bai once joined the Myanmar Armed Forces in a series of violent skirmishes in 2009 to overthrow Pheung Kya-shin, the former leader of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army

His family was one of four major families that controlled the Laukkai region until China intervened in 2023 by backing ethnic insurgents to retake control.

China executes 4 while Cambodia carries out raids

Just last week, 11 members of the less powerful Ming family were executed. The family’s patriarch, Ming Xuechang, was head of the local police force and a henchman to Bai Suocheng. He reportedly killed himself after warrants were issued for his arrest.

The Mai family oversaw the Crouching Tiger Villa, one of the larger scam compounds within the Laukkai region.

Another scam compound in the Cambodian city of Bavet was raided by authorities this weekend as part of a wider crackdown in the country. Over 2,000 foreign nationals were detained, of whom almost 1,800 were of Chinese descent.