The Ministry of Public Security urges the fugitives of the Chen Zhi criminal group to surrender

According to CCTV News, recently, the head of a major cross-border gambling and fraud crime group, Chen Zhi, was legally escorted back to the country from Cambodia. Chen Zhi's criminal group is suspected of multiple crimes including fraud, operating casinos, illegal business operations, and concealing criminal proceeds. The case is currently under investigation. In order to implement a criminal policy that balances leniency and severity, and to legally punish gambling and fraud crimes while providing an opportunity for fugitives to reform and seek leniency, the following announcement is made in accordance with relevant legal provisions:

From the date of this announcement until February 15, 2026, if criminal suspects voluntarily surrender to the public security organs and truthfully confess their crimes, they may receive a lighter or reduced punishment according to the law. Those who threaten, retaliate against, or obstruct suspects intending to surrender will be held criminally responsible according to the law. The public security organs urge relevant criminal suspects to recognize the situation, cherish the opportunity, and promptly surrender to the public security organs at their place of household registration to seek leniency. Those who refuse to surrender will be publicly wanted, and efforts will be made to capture them and punish them according to the law.