Police escort She Zhijiang to the police station at Suvarnabhumi airport on November 12, 2025, prior to his extradition to China for trial on online gambling-related charges. Photo: peopleapp.com

The aircraft carrying transnational criminal She Zhijiang, a Cambodia-born Chinese national, landed at Nanjing airport in East China's Jiangsu Province on Wednesday evening, marking his successful extradition from Thailand to China, Xinhua News Agency reported.

She is one of the "top 10 fugitives" wanted by Chinese public security authorities for cross-border gambling, and the mastermind of the gambling and fraud syndicate in Asia Pacific New City in Myawaddy, Myanmar, per CCTV News.

Earlier on Wednesday, She was escorted by Thai police to Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport at 12:45 local time on Wednesday and boarded a flight at 16:20 for extradition back to China, reported peopleapp.com.

She is accused of directing the establishment and management of more than 239 casino websites, with a total cash flow exceeding 2.77 trillion yuan ($389.185 billion), the National Thailand reported on Wednesday.

At the time of his arrest, She headed a gambling empire that included a $15 billion casino, entertainment and tourism complex called Shwe Kokko on the Thai-Myanmar border, Reuters reported on Monday.

The extradition followed a ruling by the Appeal Court on Monday, which upheld the lower court's decision ordering She's extradition to China within 90 days from the date the ruling became final, National Thailand reported.

She was also reportedly involved in developing the Asia Pacific New City project in Myanmar's Shwe Kokko Special Economic Zone, which hosted two casino complexes targeting Chinese gamblers, according to the report.

In August 2022, the Chinese government formally requested She's provisional arrest under Thailand's Extradition Act B.E. 2551 (2008), per National Thailand. 

The Office of the Attorney-General, acting as Thailand's central authority for extradition, approved the request and coordinated with the Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Royal Thai Police, leading to She's arrest later that month.

According to a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Public Security, however, after the Bangkok Criminal Court of Thailand issued a first-instance ruling to extradite She to China, he immediately filed an appeal in an attempt to evade repatriation and trial.

Under the coordinated guidance of the ministry and with strong support from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, Chinese police leveraged the China-Thailand law enforcement and judicial cooperation mechanism and worked closely with Thai authorities to advance related efforts, the spokesperson said.

Through persistent collaboration, the Thai Court of Appeal officially ruled on Monday to uphold the first-instance decision, approving She's extradition to China to stand trial, according to the spokesperson.

This case represents another major achievement in law enforcement and judicial cooperation between China and Thailand, underscoring the firm resolve and clear stance of both sides in combating online gambling and telecom fraud, the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson also said that moving forward, Chinese police will actively implement the Global Security Initiative and the Global Governance Initiative, advance the establishment of an international alliance to combat telecom and cyber fraud, and comprehensively deepen law enforcement and security cooperation with countries worldwide to resolutely combat transnational crimes such as online gambling and telecom fraud.

Over the past several years, China has been collaborating closely with Thailand and Myanmar to jointly combat transnational telecom fraud.

China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced on October 17 that authorities have successfully cracked a major transnational criminal case involving the notorious Myanmar-based Kokang gang leader Xu Faqi, also known as Xu Laofa, who was recently brought to justice under the China-Myanmar law enforcement cooperation framework.

The criminal organization, with Xu as its principal leader, is suspected of multiple offenses including fraud, intentional injury, illegal detention, and extortion. The group is linked to more than 3,400 fraud cases involving illicit gains exceeding 1.1 billion yuan, according to the MPS.

More than 5,400 Chinese suspects involved in telecom fraud in Myawaddy, Myanmar, have been repatriated in a joint crackdown on cross-border telecom fraud launched by China, Myanmar, and Thailand since the beginning of 2025, China's Ministry of Public Security announced on July 6. 


Global Times