Ministry of Public Security: Urging Chen Zhi Criminal Group Fugitive Suspect to Surrender

BlockBeats News, January 15th. According to CCTV News, recently, the leader of a major cross-border gambling and fraud crime group, Chen Zhi, was lawfully extradited back to China from Cambodia. Chen Zhi's criminal group is suspected of fraud, running casinos, illegal operations, and concealing and disguising proceeds of crime, among other crimes. The case is currently under investigation. In order to implement a criminal policy of combining severity with mercy, punish gambling and fraud crimes according to the law, and at the same time provide an opportunity for crime suspects on the run to reform and seek leniency, in accordance with relevant legal provisions, the following special notice is hereby given: From the date of this notice to February 15, 2026, crime suspects are encouraged to voluntarily surrender to the public security organs, confess their crimes truthfully, and may receive lenient treatment or mitigated punishment according to the law. Those who threaten, retaliate, or obstruct self-surrendering suspects will be criminally prosecuted according to the law.

The public security organs urge relevant crime suspects to understand the situation, cherish the opportunity, surrender to the public security organs in their place of household registration as soon as possible, and seek leniency. Those who refuse to surrender voluntarily will be publicly wanted by the public security organs, pursued to the fullest extent, and punished according to the law.