China executes 4 senior members of Myanmar-based criminal gang

China has carried out the death sentences of four leading members of the Bai family criminal group based in northern Myanmar. They were sentenced to death in November 2025 for crimes including intentional homicide, telecom fraud and drug trafficking.

The executions were carried out by a court in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, after receiving approval from the Supreme People's Court (SPC).

The four gang members filed appeals after the first-instance verdict, but the Guangdong High People's Court dismissed them in December 2025, upholding the original judgment and submitting the case to the SPC for approval, as required by law.

The top court confirmed that the Bai family criminal gang, led by Bai Yingcang, had established multiple operational bases in Kokang, Myanmar, to commit crimes including telecom fraud, illegal gambling, murder, intentional injury, kidnapping, extortion, and organizing and coercing prostitution.

According to the SPC, the gang's fraud and gambling activities involved funds exceeding 29 billion yuan (about $4.16 billion). Their crimes led to the deaths of six Chinese citizens and injuries to several others.

In addition, Bai Yingcang conspired with others to manufacture and traffic approximately 11 tonnes of methamphetamine.

Given the particularly serious circumstances and consequences, the SPC lawfully approved the death sentences of the four members: Bai Yingcang, Yang Liqiang, Hu Xiaojiang and Chen Guangyi.