China issues arrest warrants, offers rewards for 10 leaders of telecoms fraud gangs in Myanmar

The newly targeted suspects are suspected of operating three separate family-based fraud rings. - PHOTO: REUTERS

BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): Chinese authorities have issued arrest warrants and offered substantial rewards for the capture of 10 key figures leading telecommunications fraud rings operating in the Kokang region of Myanmar’s Shan State.

The Public Security Ministry announced on Dec 10 that the police are urging the suspects, all members of organised crime families, to surrender and face justice.