CCTV News: Urges fugitive suspects of the Chen Zhi criminal group to surrender themselves to the authorities.

Recently, the leader of a major cross-border gambling fraud criminal group, Chen Zhi, was extradited back to the country from Cambodia according to law. Chen Zhi's criminal group is suspected of fraud, operating gambling establishments, illegal business operations, and concealing and hiding criminal proceeds, among other crimes. The case is currently under investigation. In order to implement a criminal policy that combines severity with leniency and to punish illegal gambling fraud crimes according to law, while also providing an opportunity for crime suspects on the run to reform themselves and seek lenient treatment, according to relevant laws and regulations, the following notice is hereby issued: From the date of this notice until February 15, 2026, crime suspects who voluntarily surrender to the public security organs, confess their crimes truthfully, may receive lighter or reduced punishments according to law. Those who threaten, retaliate, or obstruct the intended surrender of crime suspects will be criminally prosecuted according to law. Public security organs urge relevant crime suspects to recognize the situation, cherish the opportunity, and surrender to the public security organs in their place of household registration as soon as possible to seek lenient treatment. Those who refuse to surrender voluntarily will be publicly wanted by the public security organs, and they will be hunted down and punished according to law. This notice is effective from the date of publication.