Myanmar group prosecuted for fraud

Twenty-one key figures of a group that had long been swindling Chinese nationals in northern Myanmar have been prosecuted, the latest development in the country's ongoing crackdown on telecom and online fraud.

The People's Procuratorate of Shenzhen, Guangdong province, has recently filed charges against a group led by Bay Saw Chain and Bay Yin Chin. These include fraud, running casinos, blackmailing, intentional homicide, intentional injury, kidnapping, and making and selling drugs, the People's Procuratorate of Guangdong Province said in a statement on Friday.

Bay Saw Chain and Bay Yin Chin, leaders of the "Bay family" criminal group based in Kokang, northern Myanmar, relied on armed groups to engage in telecom and online fraud, and would mainly target residents in China.