Jan. 29 (UPI) -- China on Thursday executed 11 members of the Ming-family crime syndicate in connection with the running of online scam centers in civil war-torn Myanmar, according to state-run media.
The 11 gang members were executed by the Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court of Zhejiang province, Xinhua reported. The method of execution was not mentioned, though death sentences are carried out either by firing squad or lethal injection.
The Ming-family crime syndicate is one of several criminal organizations that have taken advantage of the ongoing civil war in Myanmar to generate billions from running online scam centers using human trafficking, forced labor and torture in the Asian nation.
Those executed Thursday were sentenced to death in September for intentional homicide, intentional injury, illegal detention, fraud and operating gambling establishments.
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