Thirty-nine members of a family-run syndicate based in northern Myanmar have been convicted on multiple charges, including crimes that killed 14 Chinese nationals and injured six others, a Chinese court announced on Monday.

The 15th China-ASEAN Prosecutors-General Conference was held in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Sept 23.

Ying Yong meets with delegation heads for 15th China-ASEAN Prosecutors-General Conference in Hong Kong on Sept 22.

The mutual legal assistance treaty between China and Cambodia, currently under negotiation as part of the Global Security Initiative, represents a big step toward formalizing bilateral judicial collaboration, said Cambodia's top prosecutor.

There are many areas of mutual interest for Singaporean and Chinese authorities to cooperate more closely to fight transnational crimes more effectively, said Singapore's top prosecutor.

The increasing complexity of transnational crime in the digital age highlights the urgent need for enhanced international cooperation to ensure more effective investigations and prosecutions, said Malaysia's top prosecutor.

The conference, focused on the theme of collectively combating money laundering, corruption and strengthening asset recovery in the technological age, is one of the city's foremost judicial events in the second half of 2025.

Chinese prosecutors will step up cooperation with their counterparts in ASEAN member states to fight corruption and cross-border money laundering.