Wei Huairen, David Chen, and Liao Jingfang were sentenced to death! First-instance verdict for the Wei family criminal group case in northern Myanmar

On October 13, 2026, the Intermediate People's Court of Quanzhou City and the People's Court of Nan'an City, Fujian Province publicly announced the verdict in the first instance of the Wei family criminal group case. Three defendants, Wei Huairen, Chen David, and Liao Jingfang, were sentenced to death; three defendants, Wei Qingtao, Kang Min, and Xiong Xingxing, were sentenced to life imprisonment. 55 defendants, including Su Hongxiang, Deng Zida, and Chen Longjiang, were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 24 years to three years and three months, and were accordingly sentenced to fines, confiscation of property, deportation and other additional penalties.

After trial, it was found that since 2019, the Wei Huairen criminal group has Wei Huairen and Wei Qingsong (all handled in separate cases) as key members, and their close subordinates Chen Longjiang and armed forces leaders Cha Guicheng and Yan Longdi (all handled in separate cases) as important members; The family's influence in the Kokang region of Myanmar has developed and relied on the armed forces controlled by the Wei family to set up multiple criminal parks in the old streets of Kokang, attracting and attracting many "financiers" to settle in and provide armed protection. They committed telecommunications network fraud, opened casinos, extortion, organized prostitution, drug trafficking, organized others to cross the border (border) and other crimes, involving more than 12.2 billion yuan in gambling, fraud and other funds. The Wei family criminal group also collaborated with the telecom network fraud gang in the park to kill fraudsters who disobeyed management, resulting in the death of two Chinese citizens. In addition, David Chen, a member of the Wei family, used the armed forces under his control to kill people wantonly, resulting in the death of two Chinese citizens.

The Quanzhou Intermediate People's Court and the Nan'an People's Court held that the defendants Wei Huairen, Wei Qingtao and others organized, led, and participated in a criminal group to commit crimes, and their actions constituted seven counts of intentional homicide and fraud respectively. The court made the above judgment in accordance with the law based on the facts, nature, circumstances and harm to society of each defendant's crime.

Deputies to the National People's Congress, members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, family members of the parties concerned and people from all walks of life attended the sentencing.