Three Guizhou men sentenced to death in Myanmar for immediate execution raises concerns

A few days ago, a video of three men allegedly of Chinese nationality being executed locally for crimes in Wa State, Myanmar was hotly circulated in social networks. on April 13, the upstream news (reporting micro signal: shangyounew) reporter learned from local authoritative channels in Wa State, Myanmar, the local judiciary held a public judgment conference on the morning of April 8 this year, the criminal activities of Liu Senxiang’s gang for public trial, Liu Senxiang , Zhou Xuan and Zhang Jianbo, three Chinese men of Guizhou nationality, were sentenced to death by law and executed immediately for committing kidnapping, robbery, theft and other criminal activities, wounding people twice with knives and obtaining stolen money of more than 484,000 yuan, “causing a huge negative social impact on Wa State”.

Suspected of participating in telecom fraud without performance on the road to crime

Local media disclosed that in the early morning of May 16, 2020, Liu Senxiang, a Chinese Guizhou man, went to a local mining company on section 418 to commit a burglary together with his Guizhou-born hometown friend Zhou Xuan and Zhang Jianbo. In the early hours of the day of the crime, Liu Senxiang first entered the room, but did not find valuable items, looking at the house is sleeping victim Li Mou will have a bad idea, he informed Zhou Xuan and Zhang Jianbo, the three discussed the kidnapping of Li Mou to carry the car, and carried away the safe, brought to the gum farmer’s house in the Nampa section.

Because the victim Li struggled, Liu Senxiang cut his thigh with a knife and intimidated and extorted him. The trio demanded RMB 300,000 from Li and eventually received a transfer of RMB 100,000 from Li’s boss. After laundering the money and sharing 30,000 RMB each, the three men each fled.

On April 8, a public sentencing conference was held locally in Wa State to announce the execution of the three Chinese Guizhou criminals. Photo source/ Wa News

According to the local judicial committee’s prosecutor’s office, the source of the crime committed by the three was in May 2020, when Liu Senxiang had the idea of stealing because he had no performance in the company. After that, he contacted Zhou Xuan and Zhang Jianbo to commit the crime together. Upstream News reporter noted that the local had circulated Liu Senxiang work company is engaged in telecommunications network fraud this statement.

Multiple implementation of the crime more than 484,000 yuan stolen money has been squandered

After the first successful implementation of the crime, the three were not immediately caught, and they therefore launched a more frantic series of criminal activities.

June 1, 2020, three people in Mengbo County, a rubber company to implement theft. Zhou Xuan was responsible for the lookout, Liu Senxiang and Zhang Jianbo entered the company to steal a safe and an assault rifle, and then pried open the safe in a remote location and obtained RMB 213,000 in cash.

On July 21, Liu Senxiang and a group of four men, including A Xin and Slim, who are also Guizhou nationals, committed a burglary at an agricultural business in Bangkang City. Because the victim did not cooperate, Ah Xin stabbed his thighs to coerce each other to open the safe. In the safe, Liu Senxiang and his party of four took a total of 114,000 yuan in cash and various types of gold jewelry, and stole 48 bullets in the drawer. Afterwards, each of the four people received 20,000 yuan, with 40,000 yuan to buy a car, jewelry in Mengbo sold stolen.

August 8, Liu Senxiang and together with a new, Liu Xiang, thin and other five people in a local car testing station to carry out theft. The newly joined Guizhou man Liu Xiang in the car and so on, the other 4 people entered the interior to steal 2 safes. After the successful theft, 5 people to the Mengbo section of the safe to pry open, get RMB 50,000 yuan in cash, in addition to Liu Xiang each share of 12,500 yuan.

On August 10, Liu Senxiang and Guizhou men Liu Xiang, Wang Long, Wang Yong, Huang Jie four people, ready to commit theft and kidnapping in Mengping District. According to the confession, Liu Senxiang took out the pre-prepared security uniforms, handcuffs, knives to the remaining four people and informed them to take them to earn money.

But this time the crime did not succeed. The next morning, five people were arrested by the local police in Wa.

According to statistics, Liu Senxiang’s group made a total of more than 484,000 yuan of stolen money in four crimes. Among them, Liu Senxiang got 155,000 yuan, Zhang Jianbo got 103,000 yuan, Zhou Xuan got 77,000 yuan, and Slim, A Xin and other 3 people got 32,500 yuan respectively. Liu Xiang participated in the crime 2 times responsible for driving, did not share the stolen money. The prosecution alleged that the stolen money obtained by the above people was used for gambling and living expenses and could not be recovered.

On April 8, a public sentencing conference was held locally in Wa State to announce the execution of three Chinese Guizhou nationals convicted of the crime. Photo source/ Wa News

Three people were sentenced to death for immediate execution

The Wa State Judicial Commission Court Division announced that the Wa State Judicial Commission Prosecutor’s Office filed a public prosecution on November 25, 2020, and the court opened a case for examination on December 1 of the same year.

The criminal panel of the Judicial Commission Court found that the criminal activities of kidnapping, robbery and theft committed by the defendants Liu Senxiang, Zhou Xuan, Zhang Jianbo, Liu Xiang, Wang Long, Wang Yong and Huang Jie were “badly behaved, audacious, lawless and in defiance of the law, causing a huge negative social impact on the Wa State”.

On the morning of April 8, 2021, the court of the Wa State Judicial Commission of Myanmar held a public judgment meeting at the airport to conduct a public trial against Liu Senxiang’s group in accordance with the law. The court announced that the defendant Liu Senxiang was found guilty of robbery, kidnapping and theft, and the defendants Zhang Jianbo and Zhou Xuan were found guilty of kidnapping and theft, and decided to execute the three of them “with immediate effect”. The defendant Liu Xiang, Wang Long, Wang Yong, Huang Jie four people guilty of attempted crime, the charge was established, respectively sentenced to six years in prison. After the verdict was announced, the three criminals, Liu Senxiang, Zhou Xuan and Zhang Jianbo, were immediately escorted to the execution ground and executed. The images of the local sentencing and execution of the three criminals were then spread back to the country through the Internet.

Local sources in Wa State told Upstream News that there are still three people in Liu Senxiang’s criminal gang at large, and all three are Guizhou nationals.