On October 6th, CCTV News Client released a portion of the second episode of the documentary "A Record of Success in Combating Online Fraud in Myanmar's North" jointly produced by the Ministry of Public Security and China Central Radio Television Station. The report revealed details of cases where armed offenders using AK47 rifles shot at fleeing individuals, and how public security agencies made every effort to recover the remains of victims.
The documentary "A Record of Success in Combating Fraud in Northern Myanmar" consists of three episodes. It premiered on the CCTV Comprehensive Channel from 6 p.m. on October 5th to 7th, and was rebroadcast on the CCTV News Channel at 9:30 p.m. that same night. The second episode, "Clearing the Land of Villains," focuses on the stories of Chinese judicial authorities dealing with criminal activities carried out overseas, which cause chaos in local areas. It explores how these authorities break down geographical barriers and overcome enforcement obstacles to pursue criminals across borders.
Reports reveal that on August 5, 2023, more than 20 Chinese individuals involved in telecom fraud, unable to endure violent control, fled collectively. They were intercepted by armed Burmese people in the park, and the armed people fired at the fleeing crowd.
In the documentary, Wu Mou Sheng, a person involved in electrical fraud operations in the Golden Xin Electric Fraud Park in northern Myanmar, recalled: "That day, we left the office. We resisted collectively, and we were absolutely confident that we could get out and return to our country. But unexpectedly, they started shooting. Their determination and actions during the shooting are still vivid in my memory. They kept shooting for about 10 seconds."
The police found out that the person who gave the order to shoot was named Lin Jian. He rented 30 people from the Bai family's 'Tenglong Company' in northern Myanmar to join his Jinxin Company. They engaged in investment and financial fraud under a partnership-sharing model.
Chinese investigators said: 'At close range, with AK47 rifles firing continuously, some victims had their bodies severely damaged. They treated human lives as mere straw, treating Chinese victims of online fraud as nobodies, and killed them on a whim.' The incident resulted in 6 deaths and 8 injuries.
To secure the key evidence of the murder of Chinese citizens, members of the special case team worked together with Burmese law enforcement agencies. They used various methods such as searching for the burial areas mentioned by the suspect, comparing satellite maps, and identifying the scene through video footage. They exhausted all possible means to fully pursue the remains of the victim, providing the most direct and powerful evidence for conviction in this murder case.
In the documentary, Chen Chen, the director of the Telecom and Internet Crime Investigation Department of the Ministry of Public Security, said: "We organized five investigative trips. I remember during the first trip, we found several corpses. At that time, we couldn't be sure whether we could bring back the corpses. So, we used the most primitive methods to protect the corpses and collect DNA evidence."
The then head of the criminal investigation detachment of the Quanzhou Public Security Bureau in Fujian Province, Qiu Xin, revealed: "Not only were the bones of the two murder cases we were looking for discovered, but two more skeletons were found. DNA tests confirmed that these are indeed Chinese bones. They were buried in their original state and showed signs of severe injuries. The Chinese were killed, buried, and burned within the boundaries of this old street. Our goal in obtaining these evidence is to bring these cases to justice, so that blood debts can be settled with blood."
The special case investigation is taking place during the war in northern Myanmar, with various potential dangers and uncertainties emerging continuously. Chen Chen said: "Every police officer involved knows that we must use the most civilized judicial procedures under China's legal system to punish such brutal crimes. The only thing we can, and must do, is to obtain solid evidence to support our litigation."
With the cooperation of relevant Burmese law enforcement agencies, from January to July 2024, six Burmese armed individuals involved in shooting and burying corpses, along with the money laver in the scam ring called 'Jin District', were successively captured. The Chinese police carried out a precise encirclement operation.
In July 2023, the Ministry of Public Security mobilized elite forces to carry out targeted investigations. Several public security organs were assigned to form special teams, which rushed to the border areas to carry out tasks such as receiving, sorting, interrogating, and collecting evidence. The procuratorial organs also went abroad simultaneously, visiting the crime scenes to ensure that standards for evidence collection and legal requirements were implemented at the very beginning of the investigation process.
The downfall of the “Four Big Families” criminal syndicates in northern Myanmar has been confirmed through a complete judicial process in Chinese jurisdictions. According to the report of the Supreme People’s Court, the people’s courts have sentenced 16 senior members of the “Four Big Families” criminal syndicates to immediate execution of the death penalty, and those who commit crimes outside Myanmar are subject to punishment according to law. By the end of 2025, national courts had concluded more than 27,000 cases related to fraud and money laundering in northern Myanmar, and sentenced more than 41,000 people involved in such crimes to be returned to Myanmar. Among them, the cases involving the Ming and Bai families have completed all legal procedures; 39 people have been sentenced to life imprisonment or longer, and 16 have been sentenced to immediate death penalty. The two cross-border armed criminal syndicates have been completely destroyed.
On January 29, 2026, after being approved by the Supreme People’s Court, the Wenzhou Intermediate People’s Court in Zhejiang Province pronounced and executed the death sentences for 11 criminals including Ming Guoping, Ming Zhenzhen, Zhou Weichang, Wu Hongming, Wu Senlong, and Fu Yubin. On February 2, Bai Shoucheng, the leader of the Bai crime syndicate, died due to illness during the litigation process. The Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court has already executed the death sentences for four others: Bai Yingcang and Yang Liqiang.
According to the work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the procuratorial organs have filed public prosecutions against 285 members of the 'Four Major Families' criminal syndicate, on charges of fraud, intentional homicide, intentional injury, operating gambling dens, and illegal detention. In 2025, the procuratorial organs, in collaboration with relevant departments, prosecuted 69,000 people involved in telecommunications fraud crimes. Currently, the cases involving the 'Four Major Families' criminal syndicate in northern Myanmar have all entered the judicial process.
According to previous reports by CCTV News, the Wei family, one of the 'Four Major Families' in northern Myanmar, also commits extreme acts such as 'random killings to please the heavens'. Some victims have seven bullet holes on their skulls.
(Compiled from CCTV news, Chang'an Street News, reports from the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme Procuratorate)
