China airs confession from northern Myanmar crime boss Wei Hauiren

China airs confession from northern Myanmar crime boss Wei Hauiren

Criminal gangs in northern Myanmar targeted Chinese citizens with the support of local political and military leaders, state media has reported. On Wednesday, the national broadcaster CCTV aired a confession from the head of an alleged crime family Wei Huairen, who is also known as Wei San. Wei was handed over to Chinese law enforcement in January. A police officer told the broadcaster that the criminal activities of the Wei family – one of the main ethnically Chinese crime gangs in Kokang – had...

China airs confession from northern Myanmar crime boss Wei Hauiren

China airs confession from northern Myanmar crime boss Wei Hauiren

Criminal gangs in northern Myanmar targeted Chinese citizens with the support of local political and military leaders, state media has reported. On Wednesday, the national broadcaster CCTV aired a confession from the head of an alleged crime family Wei Huairen, who is also known as Wei San. Wei was handed over to Chinese law enforcement in January. A police officer told the broadcaster that the criminal activities of the Wei family – one of the main ethnically Chinese crime gangs in Kokang – had...

No evidence talent abused schemes to give birth in Hong Kong: labour chief

No evidence talent abused schemes to give birth in Hong Kong: labour chief

Hong Kong’s labour chief has dismissed suggestions that newly arrived talent are exploiting admission schemes to give birth in the city, saying no evidence or data supports such claims. He called on society to treat the professionals with respect, as they had gone through stringent vetting procedures. “Based on the numbers of newborns in the past two years, as well as our exchanges with different organisations, we did not see such things happening,” Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun...