China: New documentary shows Chinese police investigating scam operations in northern Myanmar.

Shotlist China/Myanmar - Released on Oct 5, 2026 1. Various of Chinese police officers preparing for mission, entering scam compound, having meeting with Myanmar counterparts; police collecting evidence Kunming City, Yunnan Province, southwest China - Released on Oct 5, 2026 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Na Xin, senior police inspector, criminal investigation division, Kunming Public Security Bureau: "The fight was extremely intense. Myanmar military aircraft even flew over our heads and dropped bombs on the battlefield. But as police officers, we had only one thought: the evidence must not be destroyed by the fighting." Myanmar - Released on Oct 5, 2026 3. Various of police collecting evidence in scam compound, digging out bodies of victims Kunming City, Yunnan Province, southwest China - Released on Oct 5, 2026 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Na Xin, senior police inspector, criminal investigation division, Kunming Public Security Bureau: "The Myanmar side had repeatedly told us that no Chinese nationals had been killed. Before we set out, the command had fully considered the difficulties of collecting evidence overseas. My instruction was clear: if we found bodies, even if we couldn't bring them back, we had to bring back biological samples." China/Myanmar - Released on Oct 5, 2026 5. Various of Chinese, Myanmar police officers during mission; police digging out bodies of victims; buildings, fence, ambulance 6. Various of doctors conducting forensic examinations; police investigating buildings, collecting evidence at scam compound; holes on wall Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, east China - Released on Oct 5, 2026 7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Yang Guoqiang, deputy head, criminal investigation division, Wenzhou Public Security Bureau (starting with shot 6): "What we needed to bring back was not only evidence from the homicide cases, but also evidence of gambling and telecom fraud. The area we had to investigate was extremely extensive. There were even landmines and unexploded ordnance. But we didn't dwell on the risks too much. When it came to whether we should go or not, there was no choice to make. We simply had to go. Even if it meant not coming back, there would be other colleagues ready to follow in our footsteps." Myanmar - Released on Oct 5, 2026 8. Various of police, scenes of scam compound viewed from inside moving vehicle Storyline A new documentary released in China this week takes an in-depth look at a Chinese police investigation of a telecom scam compound and a deadly shooting in the Kokang region of northern Myanmar. Titled "The Demise of Telecom Fraud in Northern Myanmar," the three-part documentary was jointly produced by the Ministry of Public Security and China Media Group, and reveals the brutal conditions inside telecom fraud compounds in northern Myanmar and China's efforts to crack down on cross-border telecom scam networks. The first part of the documentary was aired on CCTV-1 on Monday night, with the next two installments scheduled to air on Tuesday and Wednesday. The documentary shows how, following a shooting incident in Kokang involving Chinese nationals on Oct 20, 2023, Chinese and Myanmar police established a joint investigation team under the China-Myanmar law enforcement and security cooperation mechanism. For the first time, Chinese investigators were allowed to enter scam compounds in Kokang, including three compounds linked to the shooting; Wohushan Manor, the "Red House," and Donghu Manor. The officers were tasked with securing evidence that was essential to building the legal case against the compound operators. But as the Ministry of Public Security was shifting its frontline command from Kunming City in southwest China's Yunnan Province directly to the border with Myanmar, armed conflict between Myanmar government forces and rebels broke out in Kokang. "The fight was extremely intense. Myanmar military aircraft even flew over our heads and dropped bombs on the battlefield. But as police officers, we had only one thought: the evidence must not be destroyed by the fighting," said Na Xin, a senior police inspector with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Kunming Public Security Bureau. Acting on intelligence gathered during preliminary probes, a specialized task force went to the site where the victims of the shooting were believed to be buried, and uncovered three severely decomposed bodies. "The Myanmar side had repeatedly told us that no Chinese nationals had been killed. Before we set out, the command had fully considered the difficulties of collecting evidence overseas. My instruction was clear: if we found bodies, even if we couldn't bring them back, we had to bring back biological samples," said Na. Myanmar authorities did not immediately agree to the task force's request to return the bodies to China, but the Chinese team was able to collect biological samples from the three victim