Thailand Hands Over Chinese Casino Tycoon in Scam Crackdown

She Zhijiang is escorted by police at Suvarnabhumi International Airport near Bangkok, on Nov. 12.Photographer: Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo

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By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM UTC

Updated on

November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM UTC

Thailand is extraditing an alleged casino kingpin wanted by China for his suspected role in transnational crime operations across Southeast Asia, as the governments step up crackdowns on billion-dollar scam networks deemed threats to national security.

She Zhijiang was handed over to Chinese authorities in Bangkok on Wednesday after being detained in a Thai prison. His extradition was described by both governments as the result of close cooperation to dismantle criminal syndicates that have flourished in border areas of Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, where law enforcement remains weak.