The most recent four people executed were linked to the “Bai family criminal group”, the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court said in a statement.
Their crimes included “fraud, intentional homicide, intentional injury, kidnapping, extortion … (and) forced prostitution” among others.
One member, Bai Yingcang, “also colluded to sell and manufacture about 11 tonnes of methamphetamine”, the statement said.
According to the court, the group ran fraud parks in northern Myanmar’s Kokang region, where their actions led to the deaths of six Chinese citizens and injuries to “many” others.
The four were sentenced to death in November.
A fifth person also sentenced to death, Bai Suocheng, “died of illness” following the November verdict, the court said.
He was alleged to have been the group’s ringleader.
“For some time now, China has been actively cooperating with Myanmar and other countries” to tackle telecom fraud, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Monday when asked about the executions at a regular press briefing.
Their actions had achieved “significant results in safeguarding people’s lives and property”, he said, adding that Beijing would “intensify efforts to combat” the syndicates.
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