{"id":76140,"date":"2026-01-29T14:50:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jan\/29\/china-executes-11-people-linked-myanmar-scam-operation"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:50:27","slug":"china-executes-11-people-linked-to-myanmar-scam-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=76140","title":{"rendered":"China executes 11 people linked to Myanmar scam operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beijing has stepped up cooperation with south-east Asian nations to crack down on the multibillion-dollar industry<\/p>\n<p>China on Thursday executed 11 people linked to Myanmar criminal gangs, including \u201ckey members\u201d involved in scam operations, state media reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/dec\/02\/scam-state-multi-billion-dollar-industry-south-east-asia\">Scam compounds<\/a> have flourished in Myanmar\u2019s lawless borderlands, part of a multibillion-dollar illicit industry.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jan\/29\/china-executes-11-people-linked-myanmar-scam-operation\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beijing has stepped up cooperation with south-east Asian nations to crack down on the multibillion-dollar industryChina on Thursday executed 11 people linked to Myanmar criminal gangs, including \u201ckey members\u201d involved in scam operations, state media re&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":203,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,1038,50,82,3265],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-capital-punishment","category-china","category-myanmar","category-scams"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76141,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76140\/revisions\/76141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}