China has sentenced to death many members of 2 different crimes families that operated these, all within the last few months. As well as life sentences for many. Some victims had their fingernails torn out.
The Chinese only got involved when Chinese victims were involved. They don't play around when handing out sentences.
China sentenced five people to death on Tuesday for their involvement in a violent criminal gang with fraud operations in Myanmar’s Kokang region along the border, state media reported.