On November 12th, the public security organs in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province publicly offered a wanted reward for four important leaders of the Kokang telecom network fraud criminal group in northern Myanmar, namely Ming Xuechang, Ming Guoping, Ming Julan and Ming Pearl Krabs. On November 16th, with the strong cooperation of all parties in Myanmar, Ming Guoping, Ming Julan and Ming Pearl Krabs were successfully captured and handed over to our public security organs.

On the same day, informed by the Consulate General of Myanmar in Kunming, Myanmar organized the arrest of Ming Xuechang on the night of November 15th, during which Ming Xuechang committed suicide for fear of sin.

The relevant person in charge of the public security organ said that it will continue to crack down on the telecommunication network fraud crimes in northern Myanmar, resolutely eradicate the crime soil, severely punish criminal suspects according to law, and resolutely safeguard the lives and property safety and legitimate rights and interests of the people.

Ming Xuechang was once the county magistrate of Kokang.

The family established Wohu Mountain Villa Electric Fraud Garden.

On November 12th, Wenzhou police in China issued a notice offering a reward for Ming Xuechang, Ming Guoping, Ming Julan and Ming Pearl Krabs.

The identities of the two wanted male suspects are unusual, and both have bold "official" backgrounds. Ming Xuechang was an official of the Kokang authorities. He served as a member of the Shan State Parliament of Myanmar and a member of the leading committee of Kokang Autonomous Region. Ming Guoping served as the squadron leader of the local militia. The other two female suspects hold Chinese identity cards, Ming Julan, 42, from Zhenkang County, lincang, Yunnan Province; Ming Pearl Krabs, 27, is from Gengma Dai and Wa Autonomous County, lincang, Yunnan. It is reported that the four people are related.

The four men are members of the Kokang Ming family, and Ming Xuechang, headed by the reward notice, is the head of the Ming family.

In bold, there are four "senior" families, namely Bai Suocheng family, Wei Chaoren family, Liu Guoxi family and Liu Abao family, and the Ming family is regarded as a "rising star". According to local media reports in Myanmar, Ming Xuechang is one of the richest men in the area, and the Ming family is closely related to the four major families.

According to The Paper, Ming Xuechang was originally a subordinate of Peng Jiasheng, the "dare king". After leaving the Kokang Allied Forces with Bai Suocheng in 2009, he was appointed as the Kokang county magistrate by the Burmese government forces; In 2011, he served as a member of the Shan State Parliament of Myanmar, vice chairman of Kokang Autonomous Region, member of the daily work committee and leading committee of Kokang Autonomous Region.

The Ming family, headed by Ming Xuechang, set up several fraud parks in Kokang Old Street, Dongcheng Happy Bridge and other places. Ming Xuechang’s eldest son, Ming Guoan, was originally the battalion commander of the 21 ST battalion of Laojie Police, and founded the notorious electric fraud park-Wohu Mountain Villa. According to insiders, Ming Guoan once accidentally fell off a horse and fell into a vegetative state while riding on the streets of the old street, and then went to Thailand for treatment. Wohu Mountain Villa was taken care of by other family members. In addition, his second son, Ming Guoping, also served as the captain of the local militia and also controlled the armed forces.

According to local media reports, on October 30, the Myanmar national government appointedthe militaryWe investigated and raided fraud gangs in Wohushanzhuang, and arrested more than 700 China illegal immigrants involved in fraud in Wohushanzhuang on the same day. On October 31, after the local policearmyMore than 300 China-born criminal suspects who were at large in Wohushanzhuang were arrested respectively.

According to the Beijing News, people close to the Kokang Electric Fraud Group in northern Myanmar told reporters that the armed forces under Ming Xuechang openly armed and protected fraud as security guards. The local said that Ming Xuechang was a low-key and cunning person. "When he was young, he always stole in their village."

Regarding Ming Xuechang, his last appearance in the local official news was on October 26th.

Source: Kokang Public Network

According to local media reports, on October 26th, in order to further implement the work requirements and strengthen the crackdown on various derivative illegal activities such as telecom fraud, a special working meeting was held in Kokang Autonomous Region. Ming Xuechang and other old leaders of the autonomous region attended the meeting. At the meeting, Ming Xuechang and other old leaders introduced the serious impact of telecom fraud on the region and made suggestions on related crackdown work. Now it seems that such a statement is quite ironic.

Two bodies were found in the Ming family’s construction site.

According to Red Star News, which quoted local media in Kokang, on November 5, two bodies were dug up on a construction site near Happiness Bridge in Kokang’s capital, Laojie. The bodies were wrapped tightly and were suspected of being covered up.

The site is a property under the name of the Ming Xuechang family. Recently, two hidden bodies were brought to light when workers were cleaning the sewers. After two bodies wrapped in plastic bags were pulled out of the sewer by workers, the workers tore open the body bags to see the complete face of the deceased. From the degree of decay, the death time was not long.

Some netizens identified the deceased as a China citizen who was killed on October 20th. It should be pointed out that this statement has not yet been confirmed. In addition, it is impossible to confirm whether Ming Xuechang and others are related to the unknown body found on November 5.

If the laws of China apply.

What punishment will the Ming family and others face?

According to Yang Guangwang, Feng Shuo, a lecturer and doctor of law at the School of International Law of Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, said that according to the relevant provisions of China’s criminal law, in the process of cracking down on cross-border crimes, if Chinese citizens commit crimes abroad or foreigners commit crimes against China and our citizens, as long as the minimum penalty for such crimes is more than three years’ imprisonment, they can exercise jurisdiction. Therefore, as long as the relevant criminals are arrested, the judicial organs of our country can be convicted and sentenced according to our criminal law and related laws, and be punished by our laws.

Song Jingyi, a lawyer of Beijing Yingke (Guangzhou) Law Firm, said that using telecommunication network technology to commit fraud, defrauding public and private property worth more than 3,000 yuan can be criminally filed, and defrauding public and private property worth more than 500,000 yuan can be sentenced to life imprisonment. Members of the Ming family are openly armed to protect fraud, and are also suspected of intentional homicide, intentional injury, illegal detention and other serious violent crimes. The circumstances are extremely bad and the consequences are extremely serious. Because the statutory punishment for intentional homicide is the death penalty, some members of the Ming family may be sentenced to death for several crimes.

For accomplices who play a secondary and auxiliary role in a criminal group, especially those who surrender themselves within the prescribed time limit, actively assist in the capture of the principal offender, and actively assist in the recovery, they may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment according to law. There is no way out for confrontation, and the fraud group should see the situation clearly and return to China as soon as possible.

Recently, a number of core members of four families recorded confession videos in China, and publicly "shouted" to family members through the Internet. The core contents are two points: one is to call for the release of detained Chinese as soon as possible, and the other is to quit the "business" of electric fraud and advise the people to "leave a way for themselves".

Source | Comprehensive Ministry of Public Security website, The Paper, Metropolitan Express, Red Star News, Yangguang. com, national business daily, Nanfang Daily.