Chinese state media and international reporting said 11 people convicted for roles in cross-border telecom and online scam gangs based in northern Myanmar were executed after national approval of death sentences. The move follows years of regional operations aimed at dismantling so-called scam centres and repatriating victims and suspects.

Chinese state media and Reuters reported that 11 individuals convicted for participation in organized cross-border telecom and online scamming operations based in northern Myanmar were executed after their September 2025 death sentences were approved by Chinese authorities. The convictions followed investigations into large, coordinated scam compounds that exploited victims globally through phone, social engineering and online fraud tactics. The executions come amid expanded regional cooperation, repatriations and law enforcement operations targeting scam networks operating along the China–Myanmar border, including raids, arrests and mutual legal assistance. Governments and regional agencies have emphasized rescue and rehabilitation for coerced participants, while prosecutors have pursued penalties for ringleaders and financial facilitators. Human rights groups have monitored legal due process and called for transparency in prosecutions, and regional diplomatic channels continue to coordinate cross-border policing, victim assistance and efforts to disrupt the infrastructure that supports transnational scam operations.