Thousands of Chinese lured abroad and forced to be scammers - now Beijing is cracking down
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CCTV Chinese state media offers a rare inside look at the crackdown on scam operations that have entrapped thousands of Chinese nationals and others
"Should I feel anything?" asks the beady-eyed man, sitting in a padded cell with handcuffs around his wrists. He's being grilled by Chinese investigators about the time he allegedly ordered a stranger to be killed - a human offering to celebrate his sworn brotherhood with a business partner. "Wasn't he a living, breathing person?" an investigator asks. "I didn't feel much," the man maintains. The scene may sound like it came straight out of a crime drama. In fact, it is part of a documentary on Chinese state media - a look inside the workings of the justice system almost unheard of in a country where court proceedings are largely kept out the public eye. The handcuffed man answering questions is Chen Dawei, a member of the infamous Wei family, one of several powerful mafia groups that for years operated with impunity in Myanmar's border town of Laukkaing.
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