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A Chinese judicial body has condemned a group of prominent members of an infamous Myanmar organized crime group to capital punishment as Chinese authorities maintains its campaign on fraudulent networks in South East Asia.

Overall, twenty-one Bai family individuals and collaborators were found guilty of scams, homicide, injury and additional offenses, said a state media report released on the court portal.

This clan is among a handful of organized crime groups that gained influence in the 2000s and changed the impoverished remote area of the town into a lucrative hub of casinos and entertainment zones.

In recent years they pivoted to fraudulent schemes in which numerous of illegally moved workers, several of them from China, are ensnared, harmed and compelled to scam targets in unlawful operations worth billions of dollars.

Details of the Sentencing

Mafia head Bai Suocheng and his offspring the younger Bai were among the five men condemned to death by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court. Another individual, A third figure and A fourth person were the additional convicted.

Two figures of the clan syndicate were given suspended death sentences. Several were given to life imprisonment, while nine others were received prison sentences between a period of 3-20 years.

The clan, who controlled their own militia, created 41 bases to house their online fraud activities and betting establishments, authorities reported.

Magnitude of Unlawful Schemes

These criminal enterprises involved over twenty-nine billion Chinese yuan (over four billion dollars; £3.1bn). They also resulted in the demise of six from China nationals, the self-inflicted death of one and several harm, state media announced.

The strict penalties delivered by the court are a component of China's effort to eradicate the extensive scam networks in South East Asia - and issue a stern warning to additional criminal groups.

History of the Families

Such clans became dominant in the 2000s with the support of a prominent figure - who is in charge of the country's junta. He had intended to prop up allies in the town after replacing its previous leader.

Within the groups, the Bais were "the most powerful", the son earlier told state media.

"At that time, our Bai family was the dominant in both the political and armed spheres," the individual stated in a film about the clan, shown on national media in the summer.

Within that report, a worker at their fraud facilities narrated the abuse he had endured at the location: in addition to being assaulted, he had his nails removed with tools and two of his fingers severed with a kitchen knife.

More Accusations

Bai Yingcang is among those who were sentenced to death this week. He has additionally been independently sentenced of conspiring to traffic and make a large quantity of narcotics, reports stated.

Downfall of the Clans

The families' end occurred in recent times as situations altered.

Previously Chinese authorities has pressed the Myanmar junta to rein in fraudulent schemes in the area.

Last year, the authorities issued legal actions for the leading individuals of such families.

Bai Suocheng, the clan's head, was included in the figures who were handed to China from the country in recent months.

For what reason is the authorities putting such extensive work to pursue the four families?" a official commented in the summer documentary.

"It's to warn other people, regardless of your position, your base, if you commit these heinous crimes affecting the nationals, you will pay the price."