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A Chinese court has condemned a group of top members of a well-known Burmese mafia to capital punishment as Beijing maintains its crackdown on fraudulent activities in the region.

In all, twenty-one Bai family figures and partners were sentenced of scams, homicide, assault and additional offenses, stated a state media announcement posted on the judicial portal.

The family is among a few of mafias that rose to power in the last two decades and changed the underdeveloped remote area of the town into a lucrative hub of casinos and nightlife areas.

In recent years they shifted to scams in which thousands of illegally moved people, many of them from China, are ensnared, abused and forced to cheat victims in criminal enterprises estimated at billions of dollars.

Specifics of the Sentencing

Syndicate head Bai Suocheng and his offspring Bai Yingcang were included in the several figures given to capital punishment by the court in Shenzhen. Another individual, Hu Xiaojiang and A fourth person were the additional punished.

A couple of members of the clan mafia were received delayed executions. Five were given to life in prison, while additional individuals were received jail sentences varying from a period of 3-20 years.

The Bais, who controlled their own armed group, established forty-one facilities to host their cyberscam schemes and betting establishments, authorities stated.

Extent of Illegal Schemes

Such illegal activities entailed exceeding 29 billion Chinese yuan ($4.1 billion; £3.1bn). They also led to the demise of six Chinese individuals, the suicide of one and multiple injuries, state media reported.

The harsh sentences issued by the judicial body are within the Chinese initiative to eliminate the extensive fraud networks in Southeast Asia - and issue a strong signal to additional illegal syndicates.

History of the Families

Such clans rose to power in the recent decades with the assistance of a military leader - who now leads Myanmar's junta. He had wanted to support associates in Laukkaing after removing its earlier leader.

Among the clans, the Bais were "absolutely number one", the son earlier stated to state media.

Back then, our Bai family was the dominant in both the government and armed spheres," he stated in a report about the clan, broadcast on official channels in the summer.

In the same report, a individual at a fraud facilities recalled the mistreatment he had suffered at the location: in addition to being hit, he had his nails extracted with pliers and a couple of his fingers amputated with a tool.

Further Accusations

Bai Yingcang is among those who were sentenced to death this week. He has additionally been independently found guilty of organizing to smuggle and produce a large quantity of methamphetamine, reports stated.

Decline of the Clans

The families' downfall came in last year as political winds altered.

For years Chinese authorities has urged the local government to limit scam schemes in Laukkaing.

Last year, the law enforcement released detention orders for the leading individuals of these groups.

The patriarch, the Bai family's head, was included in the warlords who were handed to Beijing from Myanmar in the beginning of the year.

For what reason is the state making such extensive work to pursue the groups?" a expert said in the summer report.

The purpose is to caution other people, regardless of who you are, where you are, if you engage in such terrible acts targeting the Chinese people, you will pay the price."