Archive · 17 Aug 2026
China urges global cooperation on telecom fraud after Pakistan detentions
Some people use phones and the internet to trick others and steal their money.
This is called telecom fraud.
Recently, police in Pakistan held more than 100 people from China because they were running illegal call centres.
China said it wants countries to work together to stop this kind of crime.
A Chinese spokesperson said China is starting a big group of countries to fight phone and online scams.
China has also been catching people who run scam call centres in other countries like Myanmar, Cambodia and Sri Lanka.
Chinese courts punished more than 41,000 people who were brought back from Myanmar for these crimes.
Some of those people received very serious punishments.
China also solved many fraud cases last year.
China wants everyone to follow the law and not take part in bad activities.
China called for international cooperation against telecom fraud after reports that over 100 Chinese nationals were detained in Pakistan for running illegal call centres.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said China is on track to launch an international alliance against telecom and online fraud.
China has been cracking down on Chinese gangs running illegal call centres in Myanmar, Cambodia and Sri Lanka.
By the end of 2025, Chinese courts had sentenced more than 41,000 individuals repatriated from northern Myanmar for telecom fraud, executing 16 and sentencing 39 to life terms.
China's Public Security Ministry said a total of 258,000 telecom fraud cases were solved last year.
- Who
- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian and more than 100 Chinese nationals detained in Pakistan.
- What
- China called for international cooperation against telecom fraud after reports that over 100 Chinese nationals were held in Pakistan for running illegal call centres.
- When
- Reported on Monday, August 17; the detentions reportedly took place last week.
- Where
- Beijing, China, and Pakistan.
- Why
- To combat telecom fraud and related crimes, as Chinese nationals were accused of running illegal call centres in Pakistan.
- Chinese nationals detained in Pakistan
- More than 100
- Reason for detention
- Running illegal call centres
- China's response
- Called for international cooperation against telecom fraud
- Planned initiative
- International alliance against telecom and online fraud
- Individuals sentenced by end of 2025
- More than 41,000 repatriated from northern Myanmar
- Death sentences executed
- 16
- Life sentences given
- 39
- Telecom fraud cases solved last year
- 258,000