The Chinese Ministry of Public Security has once again reported on the progress of the investigation into telecom fraud cases in northern Myanmar, revealing the case against the crime syndicate led by Xu Faqi, also known as Xu Laofa, in northern Myanmar’s Kokang. The group had successively built 14 scam parks, and Xu Laofa used over 400 armed militiamen under his control to provide armed protection to these scam parks. The group allowed 'bosses' to violently control, abuse, and even kill low-level scam personnel. The criminal group is involved in more than 3,400 fraud cases, with fraudulent sums reaching over 1.1 billion RMB (653 million MYR).
According to CCTV News, on the 17th, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security reported the case against the Xu Faqi (Xu Laofa) criminal group in Kokang, northern Myanmar. In December 2023, law enforcement publicly offered a reward for Xu Laofa’s arrest. On January 30, 2024, relying on the China-Myanmar law enforcement cooperation mechanism, Myanmar police apprehended Xu Laofa and handed him over to the Chinese side.
According to investigations, since 2019, the crime syndicate led by Xu Laofa leveraged his influence in Kokang, Myanmar, and cooperated with telecom fraud gangs to successively build or rent 14 scam parks, including Tianzi Hotel, East City Industrial Park, Baobao Zhai, and 311 Building. They organized and recruited large numbers of staff to carry out large-scale telecom and internet fraud against Chinese citizens.
Xu Laofa used over 400 militiamen under his command to provide armed protection for the scam parks, allowing 'bosses' to violently control, abuse, beat, or even kill fraud gang members who were disobedient or failed to meet fraud quotas. Within the scam parks, there has been one case of intentional injury resulting in death, one case of minor injury, and dozens of cases of illegal detention and extortion. The criminal group, with Xu Laofa as the principal ringleader, is suspected of numerous crimes, including fraud, intentional injury, illegal detention, and extortion; they are involved in over 3,400 fraud cases, with over 1.1 billion RMB defrauded.
From September 17 to 19, the Fifth Intermediate People’s Court of Chongqing publicly held the first-instance trial of the Xu Faqi (Xu Laofa) criminal group case.
Previously, China’s Ministry of Public Security had released news about cracking down on the criminal groups of the Wei and Liu families in Kokang, northern Myanmar, emphasizing that the cases against the Kokang's 'Four Big Families' crime syndicates have all entered judicial proceedings. Xinhua News Agency also revealed that Chen Dawei, the Wei family crime syndicate's successor, once randomly selected a detained Chinese national who owed money as a 'sacrifice' for a brotherhood ceremony with a 'boss'—and had him executed as an offering to the heavens.