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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar, Thailand:

BANGKOK, Thailand – Anti-corruption police have arrested a Chinese businessman for using a Thai national ID card, reportedly paying 1.5 million baht (around 300,000 yuan) to facilitate business operations in Thailand. [1]

A Chinese court on Monday sentenced to death 16 members of the Ming Family criminal syndicate from Kokang in Myanmar’s northern Shan State near the Chinese border, for multiple crimes including establishing scam centers and killing 14 Chinese nationa... [2]

A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced a former Myanmar Kokang leader and lawmaker of the military-proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party, Bai Suocheng, his son Bai Yingcang and three others to death for their long-term involvement in fraud opera... [3]

TAIPEI -- Rushing into a room to greet foreign experts, analysts and correspondents, Cheng Li-Wun projected the confidence of someone with a good chance to become the top boss of East Asia's oldest political party, the Kuomintang (KMT). [4]

AFP A tycoon linked to illegal scam hub operations on the Thai-Myanmar border will be extradited to face criminal charges in China, a court in Bangkok ordered on Monday. [5]

Although Han Kuo-yu, presidential candidate for the Beijing-friendly Kuomintang, or KMT, is currently trailing Taiwan's incumbent, Tsai Ing-wen, by more than 15 percentage points, the wave he has unleashed is a new Trump-like political factor in Taiw... [6]

Last year, this journalist wrote a column about a pending clean out of corrupt officials and the reception was mixed, which is not unusual. [7]

The founder of Kokang region’s Border Guard Force (BGF) – who has been backed Myanmar’s military regime – has been named by Chinese authorities as the “main suspect” behind cyber crimes in the region and is named on an arrest warrant issued on Sunday... [8]

Sources
[1] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2025-11-22 · 50% match

Chinese businessman arrested for using fake Thai ID, claims paid 1.5 million baht for ease

BANGKOK, Thailand – Anti-corruption police have arrested a Chinese businessman for using a Thai national ID card, reportedly paying 1.5 million baht (around 300,000 yuan) to facilitate business operations in Thailand.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-09-30 · 50% match

China Sentences 16 Kokang Crime Syndicate Members to Death

A Chinese court on Monday sentenced to death 16 members of the Ming Family criminal syndicate from Kokang in Myanmar’s northern Shan State near the Chinese border, for multiple crimes including establishing scam centers and killing 14 Chinese nationa

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-11-04 · 48% match

China Sentences Ex-Kokang Leader, Four Others to Death for Myanmar Scam Empire

A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced a former Myanmar Kokang leader and lawmaker of the military-proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party, Bai Suocheng, his son Bai Yingcang and three others to death for their long-term involvement in fraud opera

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-01 · 48% match

KMT dark horse rises in Taiwan opposition party's leadership race

TAIPEI -- Rushing into a room to greet foreign experts, analysts and correspondents, Cheng Li-Wun projected the confidence of someone with a good chance to become the top boss of East Asia's oldest political party, the Kuomintang (KMT).

[5] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-11-11 · 47% match

Thai court rules Chinese scam hub tycoon to be extradited

AFP A tycoon linked to illegal scam hub operations on the Thai-Myanmar border will be extradited to face criminal charges in China, a court in Bangkok ordered on Monday.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-11-26 · 50% match

Taiwan's Han Kuo-yu offers uncomfortable echoes of Donald Trump

Although Han Kuo-yu, presidential candidate for the Beijing-friendly Kuomintang, or KMT, is currently trailing Taiwan's incumbent, Tsai Ing-wen, by more than 15 percentage points, the wave he has unleashed is a new Trump-like political factor in Taiw

[7] TH thediplomat.com · 2024-10-18 · 50% match

A Very Cambodian Purge That May Not Include the Highest of the High

Last year, this journalist wrote a column about a pending clean out of corrupt officials and the reception was mixed, which is not unusual.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-12-11 · 49% match

China Arrest Warrant Names Kokang BGF Founder as Top Suspect in Myanmar Cyber Scam

The founder of Kokang region’s Border Guard Force (BGF) – who has been backed Myanmar’s military regime – has been named by Chinese authorities as the “main suspect” behind cyber crimes in the region and is named on an arrest warrant issued on Sunday

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-09-21 · 49% match

Yuan's weakening reflects dimming Chinese growth outlook

William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades." OpinionYuan's weakening reflects dimming Chinese growth outlook Sliding currency raises default and inflation

[10] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 53% match

Kyat Forgeries Spark Hike in Chinese Yuan’s Value

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