Irrawadday-Nov 14
Chinese authorities have issued an arrest warrant for an official from the junta-backed Kokang Self-administered Zone who owns a scam compound where several Chinese nationals were killed last month. Shan State’s Kokang, which adjoins China in the north-eastern tip of Myanmar, is infamous for hosting Chinese-run telecom scams run by trafficked workers. The border area is governed by the junta-backed Kokang Administrative Committee. On Sunday, Wenzhou city police in Zhejiang Province issued a warrant for Ming Xuechen, accusing him of involvement in a telecom scam syndicate in Kokang Region. The 69-year-old is a member of Kokang Self-Administered Zone and represents the regime’s proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) in the Shan State parliament. Ming Xiaoping is the leader of Shiyuanzi Village militia in Kokang SEZ. The warrant viewed by The Irrawaddy offers rewards of 100,000 to 500,000 yuan (US$13,700-68,800) for information leading to his arrest while warning of legal action against anyone who harbors him. The warrants against Ming Xuechen and his relatives are the latest move in China’s crackdown on crime syndicates that prey on its citizens from Myanmar’s border. Ming Xuechen is the owner of Crouching Tiger Villa, a telecom scam compound in Kokang.
On Oct. 20, workers at the compound were gunned down by guards while trying to flee. According to some estimates, more than 60 Chinese nationals were killed or wounded in the massacre. Those killed allegedly included undercover Chinese police officers and Thai nationals, according to the latest report by United States Institute of Peace (USIP). Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/china-offers-bounty-for-myanmar-juntas-scam-kingpin-in-kokang.html
